Fabricating the Frank Gehry Legacy Quotes

“working with Permasteelisa was very collaborative. They were very open to the process and grasped using this technology very quickly. The reason being, they were already computer literate. Permasteelisa installed CATIA in their office after this, and they began using it on all their subsequent projects.”
― Rick Smith, Fabricating the Frank Gehry Legacy: The Story of the Evolution of Digital Practice in Frank Gehry's office

“The data to fabricate the pipes came directly from the CATIA 3D model.”
― Rick Smith, Fabricating the Frank Gehry Legacy: The Story of the Evolution of Digital Practice in Frank Gehry's office

“The CAD image was drawn by an electron beam onto a green phosphorus coating on the inside of the glass TV tube. The”
― Rick Smith, Fabricating the Frank Gehry Legacy: The Story of the Evolution of Digital Practice in Frank Gehry's office

“Frank Gehry’s office began to recognize the benefits of CAD/CAM and reciprocated in a technology transfer back to architecture, fusing computers with engineering, fabrication, art and architecture.”
― Rick Smith, Fabricating the Frank Gehry Legacy: The Story of the Evolution of Digital Practice in Frank Gehry's office