PROTOTYPING FOR ARCHITECTS

Prototyping is an essential part of the designers repertoire. Designers prototype their projects to test them, structurally, aesthe tically, technically. Whether the prototype works or not is not the point: prototyping is the revelatory process through which the d esigner gains insight. There are three reasons why contemporary prototyping techniques are transforming the way architects design an d build: 1) at a miniature scale, prototyping aids the architect in the presentation to clients of complex spatial ideas/ 2) prototy ping empo...[Read more]