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> people thinking beyond structural engineering It's not "beyond". It's just a different job, and generally speaking, one with a lower bar to entry. Doesn't me
by robertlagrant 3y ago
> people thinking beyond structural engineering
It's not "beyond". It's just a different job, and generally speaking, one with a lower bar to entry. Doesn't mean it's not useful, but I think it's silly to talk as though this sort of design is so significant. Plenty of ugly buildings exist; all designed by architects.
- mrtksn 3y agoWell, these days you plug the numbers into the computer and can tell you how to build your design. For most purposes, the engineering is there only because of associations or organisations lobbying the government making it compulsory. It's not an original work after all, the computations are modelled into the software and it tells you if it will meet the requirements.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> For most purposes, the engineering is there only because of associations or organisations lobbying the government making it compulsory. Definitely not. An engineer signs off the safety etc. All the non-cosmetics. You're right that it's computerised, but that's because it's not fashion - there's an objective "better" and so that can be programmed. Fashion, not so much. Until AI.