m. gerwing architects notebook » tools

Tools of the Trade, IV

mgerwing — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:01:59 +0000

back in the day when curves had to be plotted with centers located and tangents finely wrought…

tools of the trade, III

mgerwing — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:33:42 +0000

back in the ink-on-mylar days, a significant portion of the time of the life of an architect intern was dedicated to cleaning pens. On the other hand, there is nothing quite so satisfying in the world of drafting than watching the ink flow out smoothly from a pen on a long ship’s curve line.

Tools of the Trade, II

mgerwing — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:07:44 +0000

tools of the trade I

mgerwing — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:47:48 +0000

the first of a series of photos of the daily tools of architects. Not a set of antique artifacts, just the common tools used up to about 10 years ago by most practicing architects. The electric eraser has given way to Autocad, Sketchup and all of the other computer-based tools, with all the advantages and losses that it entails.

I think I have reached the point where exactly half of my career has been spent working on computers, half with these old dinosaurs.