Digital Curation in Architecture Curricula and

vocational training for Architects

The DEDICATE Framework in Architectural CAD Courses Design

by Dr Ian Anderson and Dr Ruggero Lancia

HATII (Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute)

University of Glasgow

CAD/CAM in Architectural Education

CONTEXT

ISSUES EMERGENCIES

OPPORTUNITIES DEDICATE

COURSE DESIGN

CONCLUSIONS

70s

80s

90s

Today

Widely diffused informal training often focused on the use of the most diffused CAD packages

Lack of a specific CAD education in Architecture curricula

Training and post-grad qualifications in advanced CAD modelling offered by Architecture Schools

Idiosyncratic CAD systems

CAD packages on microcomputers

Democratisation of CAD systems

Expert Architectural use of CAD systems

Curatorial Issues in Architectural Practices

● Architects do not see the need for neither curating their digital data beyond the finalisation of Design nor consistently managing digital products during the design process;

● Specific, contextually and professionally competent knowledge is required for handling architectural digital data;

● Post-hoc curation's agreed procedures are biased toward the mission, competences and means of Archives;

● Built Environment related digital data bear numerous and unresolved curatorial issues.

CONTEXT

ISSUES EMERGENCIES

OPPORTUNITIES DEDICATE

COURSE DESIGN

CONCLUSIONS

Architect's Commercial and Legal Responsibilities for Digital Curation

● Emerging Building Information Modelling (BIM) regulations:

● Public Investors;● Building Control Authorities.

● Commercial liability:

● Paper documentation vs digital native documentation.

CONTEXT

ISSUES EMERGENCIES

OPPORTUNITIES DEDICATE

COURSE DESIGN

CONCLUSIONS

Digital Curation & Professional Opportunities for Architects

● Respond to political and commercial opportunities for professional development:

● to reach institutional clients;● to enter the market of integrated manufacture of

building elements;● to adopt collaborative and concurrent Design

procedures.

CONTEXT

ISSUES EMERGENCIES

OPPORTUNITIES DEDICATE

COURSE DESIGN

CONCLUSIONS

The DEDICATE framework

CONTEXT

ISSUES EMERGENCIES

OPPORTUNITIES DEDICATE

COURSE DESIGN

CONCLUSIONS

InvestigatingDefiningTesting

PoliciesRequirements

Procedures

Common Sustainable Framework

Loss riskReusability impedimentScarce interoperability

Absent legal management

Data Audit (DAF)Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA)

Scripted Analysis

CASPAR/PLANETSProject Partners Feedback

Digital Curation Module Design – Management Tasks -

CONTEXT

ISSUES EMERGENCIES

OPPORTUNITIES DEDICATE

COURSE DESIGN

CONCLUSIONS

(CREATE) to plan and implement consistent curatorial procedures along the digital design workflows;

(APPRAISE) to formulate data appraisal and selection criteria against a set of economical and professional objectives to formalise information disposal procedures; (INGEST) to manage the ingestion of digital assets according to agreed curatorial policies to ensure data authoritativeness persistence and accessibility;

(PRESERVATION) to establish preservation policies according to professional and legal needs to implement preservation procedures on the assets held in the repository;

(STORE) to manage the persistent feasibility of data storage;

(ACCESS) to monitor and restrict privileges for data access and reuse according to professional and legal requirements;

(TRANSFORM) to plan and implement procedures to track the data reuse and transformation according to good practices in IPR management.

Digital Curation Module Design - Technical Skills -

CONTEXT

ISSUES EMERGENCIES

OPPORTUNITIES DEDICATE

COURSE DESIGN

CONCLUSIONS

(CREATE) expert knowledge of formats, data structure and digital design computing procedures;

(APPRAISE) advanced knowledge of metadata standards and data quality assessment;

(INGEST) thorough knowledge of both the purpose and the originating digital work flow of data;

(PRESERVATION) understanding of preservation routines function and strategies;

(STORE) knowledge of repository architectures options;

(ACCESS) understanding of the techniques and procedures for privileges based data access;

(TRANSFORM) knowledge of data watermarking, cryptographic techniques options and format migration issues.

Foreseen Effects of Digital Curation education on the Architect profession

● Enhanced control over commercial exploitation of Digital Design Products (effective IPR management);

● Technically aware use of CAD technologies (streamlined digital workflows);

● Profession renewal (Architect as content provider in the Digital Cultural Market).

CONTEXT

ISSUES EMERGENCIES

OPPORTUNITIES DEDICATE

COURSE DESIGN

CONCLUSIONS

Thank you for your attention!

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