IAR 212 Computing in Design

The roles of computing in design today are extremely important. The technology we currently are using has come a long way and has helped generate the architecture profession as it is known today. Some of the buildings that have been put up in the last 50 years could not have been done, or at least not nearly as successfully, without the computing technology, like CCAD, that has been developed in the last century. Architects are finally able to see complicated designs and ideas being put together in front of them in 2D and 3D with the help of computing. Computing is more like a tool for Architects to use like a pencil or drafting board rather than something that does the work for them, which in turn leaves room for errors to happen and things to go wrong but the ability to see difficult designs in 3D (even 2D) has brought Architects much closer to perfection than was able to be done 100 years ago.
As the technology in computing progresses, the ability for software to catch errors in designs and drawings will help to break down large-scale projects and help the profession of Architecture progress, as well. Especially with the issue of sustainability on our shoulders, computing will be able an extremely useful tool for measuring and figuring out how sustainability will be played out in buildings of the future. More functional, higher quality, longer lasting, more efficient buildings are in our future with the help of computing