Method is with us everywhere we go; whether we want to accept it or not. It is evident at breakfast when you set the toaster to full, pop it early and smother the crisp bread with butter before it has the chance to cool. You have just subconsciously applied a method to achieve a certain goal that reflects your likes and dislikes.
Without Methods were would humans be today?
Floundering in a sea of chaos with dodgy toast no doubt.
For designers and clients to achieve the best possible outcomes on all projects, set methods must be implemented and adhered to within the design process. Designers must look at a project with the intent on creating through method rather than creating at random. They must accustom themselves to a certain way of operating and stick to it otherwise personal style/flair/success will never be a factor in their career.
History has shown that by advancing our methods and approach to design we have greatly improved our built environments and ultimately our lives. This was achieved through ‘trail and error’ which draws parallels to the ‘evaluation’ stage in the design process. The Sydney Harbour Bridge for example was one hundred years in the making; if you include the length of time it took for bridge design to advance to a point where crossing a tidal span of water that vast was achievable and safe. The bridges’ actual design spanned around twenty years and its’ designer was constantly referring to the evaluation stage in the design process.
‘Bradfield continuously reworked the design of the Sydney Harbour Bridge from 1912 to 1929’
Just like the toast metaphor – if Bradfield hadn’t designed that bridge reflecting his tastes and standards using methods and evaluation that bridge would have fallen down long ago.
Without Methods were would humans be today?
Floundering in a sea of chaos with dodgy toast no doubt.
For designers and clients to achieve the best possible outcomes on all projects, set methods must be implemented and adhered to within the design process. Designers must look at a project with the intent on creating through method rather than creating at random. They must accustom themselves to a certain way of operating and stick to it otherwise personal style/flair/success will never be a factor in their career.
History has shown that by advancing our methods and approach to design we have greatly improved our built environments and ultimately our lives. This was achieved through ‘trail and error’ which draws parallels to the ‘evaluation’ stage in the design process. The Sydney Harbour Bridge for example was one hundred years in the making; if you include the length of time it took for bridge design to advance to a point where crossing a tidal span of water that vast was achievable and safe. The bridges’ actual design spanned around twenty years and its’ designer was constantly referring to the evaluation stage in the design process.
‘Bradfield continuously reworked the design of the Sydney Harbour Bridge from 1912 to 1929’
Just like the toast metaphor – if Bradfield hadn’t designed that bridge reflecting his tastes and standards using methods and evaluation that bridge would have fallen down long ago.
www.sydneyharbourbridge.info
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/design_methods
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