AR 120: Norman Foster on Technology
By: Foster, Norman
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Publisher: London EMAP Publishing Limited 2017Edition: 5 January 2017 .Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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Architectural reviewSummary: Architecture has always been inseparable from the technology of the day. Throughout history, progressive structures have sought the most up-to-date use of materials and assembly in the pursuit of artistic expression. The relationship between the two has been a dialectical one – new formal directions have demanded new technologies for their realisation and these new technologies have, in turn, suggested radical new forms. Buckminster Fuller, who was a colleague and a mentor, had an absolute belief that the mastery of technology would provide a blueprint for the survival of the human race. His many technologically inspired innovations – from the Dymaxion House to the geodesic dome – still surprise with the audacity of their thinking. At the root of each of these, however, was a basic concern for the betterment of society and the planet. For me, technology has never been an end in itself; the ends are always social – generated by people and their needs which, in turn, are translated into the hardware of buildings.
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Architecture has always been inseparable from the technology of the day. Throughout history, progressive structures have sought the most up-to-date use of materials and assembly in the pursuit of artistic expression. The relationship between the two has been a dialectical one – new formal directions have demanded new technologies for their realisation and these new technologies have, in turn, suggested radical new forms. Buckminster Fuller, who was a colleague and a mentor, had an absolute belief that the mastery of technology would provide a blueprint for the survival of the human race. His many technologically inspired innovations – from the Dymaxion House to the geodesic dome – still surprise with the audacity of their thinking. At the root of each of these, however, was a basic concern for the betterment of society and the planet. For me, technology has never been an end in itself; the ends are always social – generated by people and their needs which, in turn, are translated into the hardware of buildings.
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