Historically, we have always had questions, fears, and doubts about infrastructure and technology.
Architecture and technology are mutually inclusive terms. If architecture is a form of technology then it is not immune to technological advances.
Information technology has not outmoded architecture. It is adding another layer to architecture’s role as mediator between people and the environment.
The internet and related IT devices reinforce individualism while at the same time present new means and speed of communication, much like the highway did in the past.
Personal connectivity conveys a heightened degree of power, freedom, participation, familiarity/comfort, and safety to the individual.
As designers, we hold a determined level of control over program in our designs.
A whole environment, such as a city, can be seen as a set of interfaces at different scales. As designers, we can optimize those human-physical/environmental-digital interfaces.
As we move into the future, our designs need to include more hardware capacity than necessary to avoid swiftly becoming obsolescent. We define hardware in very broad terms.
We will resist inherent obsolescence by building- in multiple functions.
We have the ability to design-in responsible usage; part of this is designing from a whole system approach.
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