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PROJECT

building design

Panel Grapples With Design Technology

Moderator Zoe Ryan; Saad Dimachkeih, HOK; Kurt Karnatz, ESD;
Anne Gibson, Gensler; and Joe Connell, Perkins + Will (l-r) discuss
future-purpose design at the Audacy event at Lightfair 2018.

Panel discussion sheds light on the roles of technology
and human collaboration in architectural design.

O

ne of the highlights of the 2018 Lightfair

in." Each expressed significant reservations and seemed

Others focused on data analysis and how to make it

show was a breakfast panel discussion, spon-

to be waging an ongoing tussle to at least manage the

actionable. There was more than one example of how the

sored by Audacy Wireless Lighting Control,

reliance on technology. The fear was that technology was

architects are using IoT (Internet of Things) data to better

a division of Ideal Industries Inc., Sycamore, IL (auda-

squeezing the human factor out of the design process.

understand how people are using a space and how they

cywireless.com). The event "Future-Purpose Design"

There was definite support for coaching, even forcing,

interact with the space and with each other in that space.

consisted of a panel of architectural experts: Joe Connell,

designers to interact and share ideas. There also was men-

This information is then helping better predict how

design principal at Perkins + Will; Saad Dimachkeih, svp

tion of creating office spaces specifically to encourage

future spaces will function and how to make them adapt-

of engineering, HOK; Anne Gibson, design director and

idea exchange.

able. Kurt Karnatz used the term "anticipatory humanis-

principal, Gensler; and Kurt Karnatz, president, ESD.

Another aspect centered on data analysis, particularly

tic buildings" to describe using all of the technology and

The panel was moderated by Zoe Ryan, curator of archi-

the massive amounts of data that today's buildings can

human information at our disposal to develop designs

tecture and design, Art Institute of Chicago.

produce. How are data analyses changing current and

that fit and adapt to changing needs.

The topic was technology and its role in future-

future work? Joe Connell suggested that the architectural

It was an interesting discussion and that offered in-

purpose design, specifically whether it's a positive or neg-

community is not good at collecting or using data but

sight into what leading architects/designers are facing as

ative. While the panelists acknowledged the vital role

acknowledged that it would be wise to get better at it be-

they try to take advantage of a parade of technologies and

technology plays in today's design process, particularly in

cause it can help answer questions such as "What is the

a flood of data while making sure that the human factor

terms of communication with clients, they weren't "all

future of parking lots when we have driverless cars?"

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