ARCHITECTURE & STRUCTURES: ETHICS IN FREE- FORM-DESIGN

Today, the influence of powerful algorithms of geometrical modeling allows a formal freedom (FFD) that nobody could have imagined in the world of architectural design. The fast dissemination of FFD and the associated applications (FFB), some of them extremely important for the history of architecture, has brought fresh air in the traditional setup of structural engineering, generating uncertainty about the process and design reliability problems in general and security problems in particular. On the other hand, imitation and originality at all costs, achievable thanks to FFD’s user-friendly qualities, lead to ethical problems of sustainability in the technical, cultural and economical fields. The value analysis methodology (VA) may help obtain the ideal design solution. 2. ARCHITECTURE & TECHNOLOGY: THE INFLUENCE OF IT The technological innovation of the last few decades has also had an impact on architecture, starting up a process of innovation and exerting such a great influence on it to earn the name “computerization of architecture”. As a matter of fact, this process can be understood as a new, historical, scientific synthesis, obtained through the incorporation of technologica