[BLDG-SIM] (Fwd) Architecture As a Second Language -- Effective collaboration between architects and engineers
Jason Glazer
jglazer at gard.com
Wed Jul 25 11:20:30 PDT 2007
BLDG-SIM,
Recently, Kathy Bash of DMS Architects gave a presentation
to BSUG titled "Architecture As a Second Language --
collaboration between architects and engineers" that I
thought many of you would find interesting. I have posted a
copy of the presentation at:
http://www.gard.com/ml/ASL.pdf
Below is Tom White's original posting about it.
Please take a look at it and let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Jason
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From: "Tom White" <tomjwhite at comcast.net>
Date sent: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:13:29 -0000
Subject: [BSUG] BSUG handouts (July 2007) now available at YAHOO GROUPS
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Greetings BSUGgers:
We have just posted the handout for Kathy Bash's BSUG
presentation: "Architecture As a Second Language --
Effective collaboration between architects and engineers"
To retrieve a copy, point your Internet browser to:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BSUG/files/
and download the file under the 070718 - BSUG July 2007
folder.
You might find Kathy's presentation especially interesting.
A few highlights include:
- A graph of six variables showing Napoleon's march to
Moscow and how the Grand Armée of 500,000 soldiers was
decimated piecemeal by the Russians and the winter before
their return.
- When a pie chart makes sense and a table can be
invaluable.
- A new take on the definitions of the standard
construction phases of programming, SD, DD, and CD
(reminiscent of Mike Hatten's integrated design language).
- An overview of simplified design tools, like Google's
SketchUp, and when they make sense to use.
- There are three languages in a project: architect-speak,
engineering-speak, and owner-speak. Owner-speak is the
language of decision-making.
- What if designing buildings were top-down instead of
bottom up? Code is bottom-up: setting minimum threshold
criteria. But top-down would be to set a standard or target
for a sustainable design, then see whether you could meet
or exceed the target.
How are all these points related? You'll just have to get
Kathy's presentation to find out.
Tom White (doe2_dude)
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