THE POSITION OF THE ARCHITECT IN THE ERA OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT: THE DEATH OF DRAWING: ARCHITECTURE IN THE AGE OF SIMULATION
From AutoCAD to parametric and algorithmic design, digital technology has made major advancements and developed new expertise in the architectural world. However, as ‘drawing’ – the medium that has divided ‘design’ and ‘construction’ since Alberti – was gradually replaced by simulation, the working area of architects is now under threaten. In this context, David Ross Scheer diagnosed our current situation as the age of ‘the death of drawing’ in his book The Death of Drawing: Architecture in the Age of Simulation (2014). Seven years after its publication, this book has been translated into Korean and this translation was published last October. SPACE interviewed the translator Lee Junseok (professor, Myongji University) to consider what drawing means today for an architect, and what impact has such technological advancement had on architectural work and education.
Bang Yukyung (Bang): The Death of Drawing: Architecture in the Age of Simulation is a rich and well researched study of drawing – that is, drawing as the architect’s primary tool of expression – and documents the changes to this medium. I’m curious to know how you came to translate this work on such a
