ABSTRACT
The process of digitalization, with Fab Labs popping up like mushrooms, led to a strong countermovement toward analogue and tactile techniques. The analogue and its digital imitation have experienced a renaissance, and with the benefits of digital technology it is even more advantageous than ever before. Students learn through experience how humans have developed infrastructures and techniques in order to survive in this extreme climate. The imperfect touch is considered ‘sexy’. Freckles, an elegant mole, or a small tooth gap have such a seductive and strong effect that even top models capitalize on these decorative defects. The work of landscape architects is focused on the distant future, and the designers must be able to envisage the projected space before the ‘foundation’ can be laid. Physical models out of plaster, epoxy resin, wax, salt, sugar, fire, water and snow all have wrinkles, scares, scratches, wounds and uneven cracks.
