architects everywhere
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ARCHITECTS EVERYWHERE
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Fit: An Architect’s Manifesto Robert Geddes Princeton University Press, 2012
Johnson Wax Headquarters (1936) Slack (2013)
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Architecting
Architecting as structuring
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Information Architects Richard Saul Wurman Graphis, 1997
Information Architects Richard Saul Wurman Graphis, 1997
2) a person who creates the structure or map of
information which allows others to find their way to
knowledge.
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville O’Reilly, 1997
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Structure & Order
MY“HOME”
TIMELINE
ABOUT ME
WHO TO FOLLOW
TRENDS
NAVIGATION
Coherence over consistencyNAVIGATION
Architecting as placemaking
We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us.
Creating context with languageSIGN IN…BANKING…
CREDIT CARDS…LOANS…
INVESTMENTS…
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Architecting as embodiment of
strategy
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Mutability Aesthetics
ContextTechnology
Businessgoals
Budget
Deadlines
Usability
User goals
Aesthetics
Structure
Stakeholders
Builders
Models
ContextTechnology
Businessgoals
Budget
Deadlines
Usability
User goals
Aesthetics
Structure
“Conceptual integrity is central to product quality. Having a system architect is the most important step toward conceptual integrity.”
— Fred Brooks
ContextTechnology
Businessgoals
Budget
Deadlines
Usability
User goals
Aesthetics
Structure
Notes on the Synthesis of Form Christopher Alexander Harvard University Press, 1964“Good fit”
PLACEMAKING
STRUCTURING
EMBODYING STRATEGY
in service to…
in service to…