Pedro Ressano Garcia Lusófona University, School of Architecture, Lisbon, Portugal 207
that moment. I took pictures. It is enough for my consciousness to be aware and
understand (...)”
I would argue that advanced technology contributes to the exploration of unknown
environments that ultimately, it is the student who selects them.
It is enough for their consciousness to be aware.
3D models and 4D video do not substitute the inventiveness but influence the design
process and present a very powerful tool in the development of the design. Particularly
in editing visual images that explore a new range of solutions to quote Jodidio.
In general, mathematicians do not use computers for their researches, and com-
plex demonstrations, as architects do not rely on technology to invent, but take
advantage for their design process. Advance technology is a useful tool, it is helping
students getting to know better their design proposals and teachers should keep their
consciousness awake.
References
Jodidio, Philip, “Introdução Novas Geometrias” New Shapes in Architecture, p. 7, Taschen,
1997
Garcia, Pedro Ressano, 2002 “Interview to Pancho Guedes”, Jornal dos Arquitectos nº 208,
pp. 43