Computer-aided design, manufacturing and fabrication allowed architecture to overcome its inherent slowness and the speed was exhilarating. Architecture continued its love-affair with technology. Production became faster and cheaper, and market-driven policies encouraged consumption. Synthetic materials filled the gap in raw materials. Faster processing allowed for faster machines. The Digital Revolution of the 20th century allowed us to move information instantaneously. Mechanical technology helped people overcome their inherent slowness and the speed was exhilarating.
In Architecture the Modern Movement rejected handcraft, called houses “machines for living” and encouraged the use of industrial, ready-made products. Production of real goods became efficient, profitable and affordable. Cars replaced horses and planes replaced boats and trains. Steel was produced to build bigger buildings to house the machines. Trains were invented to haul the large quantities of raw materials.
In the Industrial Revolution machines were invented to help us produce food and clothing more quickly to meet the needs of a growing population. Society has been evolving rapidly over the last 200 years with the pace growing exponentially. In fact, time can literally and perceptually slow down under the right spatial conditions and this may provide an antidote to our instantaneous, speed-driven contemporary lives. Time, space and matter can fuse together in great architecture to allow for deep human experiences.
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