From Glass Boxes to Digital Gothic: How Architecture Is Becoming an Organism

Описание: Modern architecture was built on boxes: steel frames wrapped in glass skins, efficient but disconnected.
But something is changing.

In this deep dive, we explore a quiet revolution in architecture — a shift from 20th-century modernist “collage buildings” to integrated, organic structures shaped by digital tools. Inspired by The Modern Construction Handbook, this video connects parametric design, mass customization, and material science to an unexpected source: Gothic cathedrals.

We discuss:

Why modern buildings separate structure and skin — and why that’s a problem

How digital fabrication enables load-bearing façades again

What Gothic cathedrals, Gaudí, and the TWA Terminal teach us about structure

The real behavior of steel and aluminum (strength vs. stiffness, hot-rolled vs. cold-rolled)

How parametric design turns buildings into systems, not drawings

Why embodied energy matters more than ever

Using examples like Federation Square and the Beijing National Stadium, we show how advanced computation is bringing architecture back to craftsmanship — not by rejecting technology, but by fully embracing it.

The future of architecture may not be straight, simple, or box-shaped.
It may be structural, expressive, and alive.

📐 Is your city made of collages — or organisms?