Article 228 - The Death of Types of Buildings

The Death of Types of Buildings

Theory

The Death of Architecture in Buildings Essay concluded that buildings have become gradually more redundant since 8000 BC.

The Architecture as order, arrangement, sequence, economy, language, sign and symbol has been since 8000 BC a re-assembly of previous components of previous; often dead; societies ideas and knowledge.

Since 8000 BC communications have taken over from buildings as the true Architecture; ideas; of human society.

In order to adapt to this ‘Paradigm Shift’ Architects must control depletion through evolutionary contextual theory through the Architecture of Communications not the Architecture of Building

Source:https://sites.google.com/site/architecturearticles/home/article-227---the-death-of-architecture-in-buildings

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_shift

This essay expands on these conclusions in order to establish what types of buildings; and their associated Architecture; will become redundant due to communications and smartphones.

Method

By comparing the functions available on a smartphone with those of each building type the buildings that are redundant; due to the loss of their function to a more efficient artefact; can be identified.

The smartphone in the scope of this essay is considered to be have telephone, digital camera, video camera, gps navigation, media player, clock, news links, calendar, calculator, web browser, game player, address book, notebook, word processor, spreadsheet, database, email, digital messenger, virtual assistant, high speed wireless communication, streaming communication, image manager and image software.

Definitions

In the scope of this essay the following definitions apply.

Smartphone

‘is a handheld personal computer with a mobile operating system and an integrated mobile broadband cellular network connection for voice, SMS, and Internet data communication; most if not all smartphones also support Wi-Fi. Smartphones are typically pocket-sized, as opposed to tablets, which are much larger in size. They are able to run a variety of software components, known as “apps”. Most basic apps (e.g. event calendar, camera, web browser) come pre-installed with the system, while others are available for download.’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone

Cloud Computing

‘Cloud computing is an information technology (IT) paradigm that enables ubiquitous access to shared pools of configurable system resources and higher-level services that can be rapidly provisioned with minimal management effort, often over the Internet. Cloud computing relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economy of scale, similar to a utility.’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing

Cloud Storage

‘Cloud storage is a model of data storage in which the digital data is stored in logical pools, the physical storage spans multiple servers (and often locations), and the physical environment is typically owned and managed by a hosting company. These cloud storage providers are responsible for keeping the data available and accessible, and the physical environment protected and running. People and organizations buy or lease storage capacity from the providers to store user, organization, or application data.

Cloud storage services may be accessed through a co-located cloud computer service, a web service application programming interface (API) or by applications that utilize the API, such as cloud desktop storage, a cloud storage gateway or Web-based content management systems.’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_storage

A.I

‘Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence displayed by machines, in contrast with the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals. In computer science AI research is defined as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal. Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is applied when a machine mimics "cognitive" functions that humans associate with other human minds, such as "learning" and "problem solving".^’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence

Drone

‘An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS); which include a UAV, a ground-based controller, and a system of communications between the two. The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator or autonomously by onboard computers.^’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle

‘A passenger drone (also known as a drone taxi or pilotless helicopter) is a type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that carries passengers. The first passenger drone was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 by Chinese entrepreneurs and is called the Ehang 184.’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_drone

‘A delivery drone, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) utilized to transport packages, food or other goods.’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delivery_drone

‘Agricultural drones are drones applied to farming in order to help increase crop production and monitor crop growth. Through the use of advanced sensors and digital imaging capabilities, farmers are able to use these drones to help them gather a richer picture of their fields. Information gathered from such equipment may prove useful in improving crop yields and farm efficiency.’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_drones

‘Unmanned surface vehicles (USV) or autonomous surface vehicles (ASV) are vehicles that operate on the surface of the water (watercraft) without a crew.’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_surface_vehicle

‘An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone or simply a drone, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that usually carries aircraft ordnance such as missiles and is used for drone strikes.’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle

Internet

‘The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, telephony, and file sharing.’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

Data

Conclusions

The current context is one of Climate Change, Fossil Fuel Phase Out, Resource and Environment Depletion.

Source: IPCC Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/architecturearticles/home/article-045

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/architecturearticles/home/article-225---status-of-the-mineral-resources-of-the-earth-2017

Source: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data#Sector

Source: https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg3/drafts/fgd/ipcc_wg3_ar5_summary-for-policymakers_approved.pdf

SPM3 P6

Source: http://oecdinsights.org/2016/08/22/global-construction-sector-corporate-responsibility/

Source: https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg3/drafts/fgd/ipcc_wg3_ar5_summary-for-policymakers_approved.pdf

P23, P24

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/post2020housingsolutions/what-it-takes-to-construct-a-house-in-the-uk-in-2015

In order to adapt to this ‘Paradigm Shift’ Architects must control depletion through evolutionary contextual theory through the Architecture of Communications not the Architecture of Building

Source:https://sites.google.com/site/architecturearticles/home/article-227---the-death-of-architecture-in-buildings

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_shift

Considering 37 Types of Building as being100%.

8 Building Type Functions are related to Incentive, 7 Functions are related to Sustainability, 7 Functions are related to Commerce, 6 Functions are related to Knowledge, 5 Functions are related to Survival, 4 Functions are related to Emergency, 2 Functions are related to Health, 1 Function is related to Transport. 4 Functions are Shared. Those of Incentive, Sustainability, Knowledge and Health.

There are a Total of 40 Building Functions in our current society.

The Prime Priority of Building Type Function is to Incentivize the population.

This is best done by personalizing the link between the general state and the individual through its Architecture. In the case of our current state this must be ‘shifted’ to act through its communications.

2% of the Building Types; in green; use renewable fuel currently and so have made the transition into a reducing fossil fuel economy.

98% of the building types are dependent on fossil fuel use currently and so have not yet made the transition into a reducing fossil fuel economy.

37; 100%; of the Building Types; are capable of and will evolve to a renewable fuel use in this century.

21 of the Building Types are not redundant Functions.

16 of the Building Types have redundant Functions that can be replaced with Smartphone Applications.

Cloud Computing and Storage, A.I, Drones and the Internet can replace all of the Building Types through linking their Functions to Smartphone Applications and Communications.

Human settlements, villages, towns and cities will become generally redundant as fixed locations or locations to move to. Transport will reduce as fossil fuels reduces. Lower energy use technology necessarily replaces higher energy use technology in order to comply with the Laws of Thermodynamics. Remote travel; via drone; or internet link; to a location will increase as depletion occurs.

Interaction between humans will not need buildings only mobile communications.

Communications will evolve humans in this century away from Building Types into nomadic communications technology capable of interacting with humans at or above the existing human sensory level. Each human will be able to sense any part of the Earth through Cloud Computing and Storage, A.I, Drones and the Internet and control its depletion through evolutionary contextual theory through the Architecture of Communications not the Architecture of Building.

Ian K Whittaker

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https://sites.google.com/site/architecturearticles

Email: iankwhittaker@gmail.com

04/01/2018

14/10/2020

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