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Dawn of a ‘Smart’ Era
Architecture is becoming “smart”. The world is changing. Socially. Economically. Environmentally. Politically. Cryptocurrencies, decentralized computation: these terms seem to linger in shadows, conjuring abstract images of the “dark” web that lurks beneath the glossy surface of the screen.
Over the past 20 years the economy has progressively moved away from the traditional model of centralized organizations, where large operators, often with a dominant position, were responsible for providing a service to a group of passive consumers. Today we are moving toward a new model of increasingly decentralized organizations, where large operators are responsible for aggregating the resources of multiple people to provide a service to a much more active group of consumers. This shift marks the advent of a new generation of “dematerialized” organizations that do not require physical offices, assets, or even employees.
“Follow your curiosity and do things that keep you awake at night.”
Architecture in the digital age appears as a representation more than something immanent to clicking, scrolling, swiping. Browsing the web, for…
