Twin disciplines: architecture and design

Radosław Achramowicz

doi:10.37190/arc200404

Abstract

The subject of the article is the issue of the interdisciplinary nature of architecture in the context of a twin discipline – industrial design. The work presents three main areas of overlapping of these two areas. The first of the analyzed areas has an economic dimension and focuses on the creative industry and related concepts, it also introduces the very definition of design in the context of architecture. The second area indicates the educational context of training architects and designers. This part of the article focuses on a national dimension, but outlines the international background, referring to universities or departments where interdisciplinary knowledge in various design fields is integrated. Finally, the third area focuses on new digital tools that designers adapt to creative work. This section introduces new design and production methods, supported by examples of contemporary architectural and design objects. There, and in the summary, the horizon of possibilities and threats resulting from the application of these techniques was outlined. The common element for the undertaken analyzes is the assumption of a holistic approach to the architect’s profession, i.e., an architect who is understood not only as a specialist in a narrow field, but as an artist incorporating various areas of design into his own practice. The author believes and presents the view that the resulting interdisciplinarity of practice, synthetic perception of the world and openness to enriching the design workshop is aimed at a permanent (although informal in Polish conditions) combination of architecture and industrial design into one discipline.

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