Palabras clave
máquinas de control numérico
arquitectura de templos indios
Sompura
Artesanía
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Alrededor de 1997, la industria de construcción de templos de la India occidental fue testigo de un cambio fundamental en sus procesos de producción, fruto de los modos digitales de dibujo y fabricación. Esto implicó ajustar no solo las prácticas de trabajo cotidianas a las nuevas tecnologías, sino también las tecnologías en sí mismas. Este artículo trata sobre el diseño y la construcción del templo Shree Krishna en West Bromwich, Reino Unido, en una fábrica de control numérico en Ahmedabad, India. Por medio de los relatos del arquitecto heredero del templo, un modelador de arcilla y un ingeniero de software, este artículo muestra cómo los modos de producción digital no solo han alterado el trabajo arquitectónico de manera fundamental, sino que también han creado nuevos entendimientos de la improvisación, la pragmática y las relaciones con los artefactos históricos. El artículo profundiza en las dicotomías comúnmente sostenidas entre “artesanía y automatización”, y entre “tradición y tecnología” al presentar nuevos problemas, así como intervenciones creativas de un rango amplio de actores, produciendo nuevas formas de conocimientos, calidades e influencias.
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