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A balancing act

No. 10 (2012-07-01)
  • Anna Maria Bordas Geli
    1Directora de bordas+peiro, París bp@bordaspeiro.eu Profesora en el equipo de estructuras de la Ecole d’Architecture de la Ville et des Territoires à Marne la Vallée. Directora de la consultoría bordas+peiro Ingeniera de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Ingeniera Civil, Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Francia. Arquitecta, Ecole d’Architecture de la Ville et des Territoires à Marne la Vallée, Francia.
  • Miquel Peiro Sendra
    2Director de bordas+peiro, París bp@bordaspeiro.eu Profesor en el equipo de estructuras de la Ecole d´Architecture de la Ville et des Territoires à Marne la Vallée. Director de la consultoría bordas+peiro Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Máster Ouvrage d’Art por la Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Francia. Licenciado en Ciencias Ambientales por la UNED, España.
https://doi.org/10.18389/dearq10.2012.06

Abstract

To undertake large-scale projects requires organising a team that is very large in size. To aide this kind of team organisation ICT, 3D modelling, and File Organisation programmes can be of great use. The danger, however, of using content sharing sites and 3D tools is to believe that everything that can be modelled can be built. This article presents different ways in which the architectural-technological relationship can be understood, and is supported by using the example of the Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Création project. Locating boundaries, confronting technological challenges, rationalising projects, and building whilst maintaining the magic of the original idea is a task for both the architect and the engineer: key for the success of the project.

Keywords: creation, magic, specialisation, organising large teams, ICT, technical challenge, Fondation Louis Vuitton, constructability