FROM GEHRY TO THE HIGH LINE: WHAT MAKES A PROJECT A GAME-CHANGER?

摘要

The software tool was CATIA. The fish: the shimmering El Peix sculpture on Barcelona's waterfront, designed as an Olympic Village pavilion for the 1992 games. The architects? I'm sure you guessed by now: Frank Gehry and his long-time tech maestro (and later, Founder of Gehry Technologies), Jim Glymph, FAIA. Using the industrial design tool, Gehry and Glymph were able to execute the sinuous design scheme, with its curved metal skin and hundreds of unique connections to the internal steel structure, in a matter of months. Moreover, the architectural design team was able to communicate the structure's complex design to the structural engineer and contractor, so that the components could be fabricated to precise specifications. The entire project, from documentation to erection, was executed in just six months.