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From: "Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:12:25 +0530
A shift in the architecture profession, already entrenched with issues
of control and authorship, affords the engineer an expanded role during
initial project design discussions, not just as consultants after the
fact. Structural engineers like Chris Wise—formerly of Arup, now at
Expedition Engineering—are literally drawing at the table, which is how
he explains his collaboration at Arup with Norman Foster’s office on
London’s Millennium Bridge. Engineers are featured prominently in
conceptual design discussions, and they are even once again writing
books on their philosophy of structures. The blurring of professional
boundaries between architect and engineer is making the design process
more flexible and malleable, and thus experimental, providing a new
space for the structural engineer to merge the overemphasized divide
between math, nature, technology, and design.
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http://archrecord.construction.com/features/engineer/0708engineer-1.asp