Perkins+Will’s Exciting New Productivity Hack

The CAVE

WASHINGTON, DC–At one time Tim Bakos, principal at the DC office of Perkins+Will, believed that 3D printing, or additive manufacturing as it is also called, would remake the way architects and designers worked with each other. But in the last few months he has changed his mind: that honor will go to virtual world technology. “I think it has already outpaced what 3D printing can do,” he tells GlobeSt.com.

Bakos has come to his conclusion some two months after the company launched its Collaborative Area for Virtual Exploration, or The CAVE. It is a a room that integrates VR immersion tools into Perkins+Will’s design process so that you can see and ‘feel’ if you will, the resolution of the buildings — their complex shapes and forms — as the project unfolds.