Next-Generation Technology

This past week I had the change to sit down and interview Bill Styczynski who is the founder and president of studio21 architects. I asked him the following questions that were posted in the previous blog post and it generated a great discussion. The two things I want to focus on for this blog is the topic of CAD and VR technology. These are both going to be apart of a scale of technology innovation. 

First, CAD is a program which is short for computer-aided design. The question that was asked which sparked this conversation was "In architecture do you feel technology has become more innovated? If so is there an example?". Bill started out by saying this question made him realize how much has changed within the way architecture is done. He reminisced on the days of creating blueprints with pencil and paper. Now, they use CAD which helps them create 3D designs of what they want their end project to look like. 

This benefits not only the architect but shows the customer the final idea of what would happen. We looked at some of the sample designs they had in their meeting area. After visually seeing the CAD design it was hard to realize it wasn't a real life picture. Bill then stated that he felt it has helped improve the process of design but most importantly visualization of the end project with the customer. 

Lastly,  we spoke about next-generation technology which is a topic we were taught in class. Next-generation is a change in existing technology system that does not alter functionality but dramatically  improves performance, features and possibly lowers cost. The next-generation technology Bill wants to incorporate into their business is VR headsets. This is going to help dramatically with lowering costs because it gives architects the sense of scale. Using this VR headset when creating projects the architect can visually see if they need to move a door's original spot to a new one because of the scale. This helps with having to redo any mistakes but helps improve time when building.

This not only helps the architects but it also helps the customer visually see it in real life when it hasn't been done yet. It's a very cool thing to show customers.