Advertorial

When Is It Time for a New Large-format Printer or Plotter?

Posted by on 20 May 2013 in Advertorial

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       EdgarGonzalez.com and Zoomin Magazine are sponsored by HP

 

5 questions to ask before reinvesting in print hardware.

By Anabela Lemos

How do you know when it is time to buy a new large-format device? This is a common question for many architectural, engineering and construction professionals who have had their printers or plotters for 10, 15 years or longer. Particularly when an older printer breaks down repeatedly or as more sophisticated technologies hit the market, it’s time to ask: Should I fix what I have, or replace it with a newer model? Are the new upgrades worth the investment cost?

If you or your AEC firm is considering this decision, here are five questions to consider that will help you determine whether the time is right to purchase a new large-format printer:

1. Is there a newer printing option available that would benefit my firm?

Technology is evolving very quickly, and printing equipment is no exception. Dramatic improvements have been made in the past two years not only in terms of traditional specifications like speed, memory and quality, but also in overall ease of use, productivity and workflow. It is a buyers’ market as printer prices decrease, despite continued technological advancements.

Sigue Leyendo...

Clear Answers to Cloudy Questions

Posted by on 1 May 2013 in Advertorial

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       EdgarGonzalez.com and Zoomin Magazine are sponsored by HP                                                                  
 
 
HP and Autodesk Q&A

What is “the Cloud” and what can it do for your business now and down the road?

As provided by HP

The cloud is all the buzz these days. There are web-supported calendars, cloud-based phone systems and CAD software programs hosted “in the cloud.” You even can print projects from cloud servers. But what is cloud computing and, more importantly, how can it apply to your business?

Two AEC technology experts, one on the hardware side and the other representing software, weigh in to clear up some of your confusion about the cloud. From HP, Carles Marti is Marketing Product Manager for Designjet Web Services. And from Autodesk, Rick Rundell is the Senior Director for Project, Data and Collaboration Services. Their consensus is that mobile applications and the cloud are huge – a true game-changer – and that AEC companies wanting to stay competitive should be investigating the cloud as a way to make it easy for their employees to work on the go.

“Cloud, social and mobile technologies are changing the way people live and work,” Rundell said. “Designs and information can be presented in more relevant, timely ways and worked on more fluidly. And powerful new tools can be brought to bear in the process.”

Sigue Leyendo...

Jornada Panorama de la arquitectura Mexicana Roca Barcelona Gallery [BCN]

Posted by on 22 Apr 2013 in Advertorial

Este jueves 25 de abril a las 10.30h el Roca Barcelona Gallery alberga una cita ineludible para la arquitectura y sus profesionales: la segunda jornada Panorama de la arquitectura mexicana.

La jornada que se traslada de Madrid a Barcelona reunirá a grandes nombres de la arquitectura mexicana como Francisco Serrano, Javier Sordo Madaleno, Mauricio Rocha y Jorge y Arturo Arditti  que compartirán con los arquitectos españoles Olga Felip, Ramon Sanabria y Roberto Terradas su visión de la arquitectura contemporánea en una sesión que promete ser de lo más interesante.

La asistencia al evento es de carácter gratuito, pero las plazas son limitadas y hay que reservar aquí

201304171425.jpg

 

El Roca Barcelona Gallery se convierte en un espacio de conocimiento e intercambio de opiniones y visiones de la arquitectura para acercarnos a la evolución de la arquitectura mexicana, su influencia en la sociedad y en la arquitectura internacional, así como los caminos que está tomando.

Sigue Leyendo...

The Cloud Connection

Posted by on 22 Apr 2013 in Advertorial

EdgarGonzalez.com and Zoomin Magazine are sponsored by HP
 

Web-connected, cloud-based services make the AEC business more mobile and profitable.

By David McCormick

We often challenge ourselves and others to think outside the box in an effort to find new solutions to business challenges. In the current economic environment, architecture, engineering and construction professionals and firms are looking for solutions to help them work faster, smarter and from anywhere.

Thomas Edison, arguably one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century, was inspired by a singular point of view: “There’s always a better way.” Today, the same principle is bandied about almost daily in IT circles as high-tech innovators strive to make our jobs easier and, in the process, shift workloads and reshape the way we operate.

The latest evolution accelerating the pace of technology is, of course, the cloud – a means of storing, sharing and accessing information via servers on the Internet instead of on local servers. Within the AEC community, this new genre of computing is helping architects, engineers and contractors work more efficiently without adding a lot of overhead. To stay competitive, firms can take advantage of the latest cloud and mobile printing apps – especially if they need to do business on the go and across multiple locations. According to Comscore, more than 8 percent of U.S. Internet traffic already comes from tablets or smartphones, and that figure is growing fast.

Sigue Leyendo...

Jornada Panorama de la arquitectura Mexicana Roca Madrid Gallery [MAD]

Posted by on 17 Apr 2013 in Advertorial

Este lunes 22 de abril a las 16.30h el Roca Madrid Gallery alberga una cita ineludible para la arquitectura y sus profesionales: la primera jornada Panorama de la arquitectura mexicana. Una visión compartida España-México que reúne por primera vez en nuestro país a los más destacados arquitectos de México y España.

La jornada reunirá por primera vez en Madrid a grandes nombres de la arquitectura mexicana como: Francisco Serrano, Javier Sordo Madaleno, Mauricio Rocha y Jorge y Arturo Arditti junto a grandes nombres de la arquitectura española contemporánea en una sesión que promete ser de lo más interesante.

La asistencia al evento es de carácter gratuito, pero las plazas son limitadas y hay que reservar aquí

201304171425.jpg  

El objetivo principal de la jornada es encontrar cuál es el potencial de cooperación entre los arquitectos de ambos países, no sólo en México y España, sino también en otros mercados. Al mismo tiempo, los protagonistas de la jornada descubrirán las posibilidades reales que existen en México, con el fin de compensar la debilidad de la demanda europea afectada por la crisis. En este sentido se puede tomar la experiencia de México como ejemplo o modelo para afrontar la situación actual en nuestro país.

La agenda y más detalles después del sigue leyendo.

Sigue Leyendo...

Sou Fujimoto opens the IE Master in Architectural Design

Posted by on 16 Apr 2013 in Advertorial

 

ARCHITEC conferencia Jou Fujimoto 094.jpg
El IE Master in Architectural Design abre su ciclo de conferencias de 2013 en el Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid con el arquitecto japonés Sou Fujimoto.

La conferencia de Sou Fujimoto, “Evolving Ideas: Primitive Future”, sirvió de foro para que los estudiantes participaran en un debate abierto entre arquitectos, críticos, profesionales independientes y emprendedores.

¿Cuál es el significado de la arquitectura? y ¿cómo se relaciona con la naturaleza? son las dos preguntas que Sou Fujimoto sigue planteándose.

Sigue Leyendo...

Efficient Design and the Flexible Studio

Posted by on 1 Apr 2013 in Advertorial

 Architects are seeing a range of technologies reshape their design studios and drive a new way forward for creative architecture. At Hewlett Packard Graphics Solutions Business. 

When we asked architects what they like to focus on day-to-day the inevitable answer is creativity. They want to be more creative and ensure they have more time to focus on creativity. When we ask them about what makes them more creative that is where they gave a really diverse set of answers.

Some cited creative inspiration in nature or art exhibitions or even the dreary buildings in their neighborhood that they’d like to improve. Others looked at the practical things that change their design experience. It is in these down-to-earth conversations that we heard that architects are seeing their design studios become more dynamic and really evolve as creative spaces.

While the nature of inspiration is random and unique to the individual, one creative constant is the design studio. Each architect is seeing their creative space being reshaped by new technologies and capabilities that are helping them to do more with less and bring their creative visions to life with greater speed at a lower cost. They’re also seeing new economic realities drive them to be more flexible and look at new models of working to do more with less.

Sigue Leyendo...

From the Cloud to Construction

Posted by on 20 Mar 2013 in Advertorial

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     EdgarGonzalez.com and Zoomin Magazine are sponsored by HP

 

An architect’s creative reach is growing. Technology is delivering new opportunities to expand the scale of an architect’s ambitions and open doors to winning new business in new places.

The four walls that make up the traditional architect’s studio no longer have to be the only place for an architect to be creative and offer up ideas. Opportunities lie in looking beyond the traditional scope of operations and to new areas for growth.

This is about taking existing technologies and putting them into action in the architect’s studio. Everyday people use cloud services without knowing it or calling it cloud. They use webmail with all their emails saved in the cloud or have their photos uploaded automatically into the cloud directly from their smartphones. The cloud is becoming a part of our personal as well as our professional lives without us even knowing it. We focus on the capability rather than the name and the same thing is beginning to happen in an architect’s studio.

Architects face a challenging economic environment and are able to compete on a global scale if they can compete and collaborate using these new tools. If they want to win design contests or win business and stay active and visible beyond their home market, they need to be able to leverage the Web and in turn the cloud to take their creative ideas beyond the four studio walls.

Sigue Leyendo...

Master in Architectural Design [IE]

Posted by on 1 Mar 2013 in Advertorial


EdgarOK.JPG

 

IE School of Architecture & Design lanza en octubre de 2013 el Master in Architectural Design: un programa internacional post profesional centrado en el diseño arquitectónico, el conocimiento técnico y la cultura contemporánea. Impartido íntegramente en inglés por un profesorado nacional e internacional de primer nivel, el programa se desarrolla durante un año académico entre las ciudades de Madrid y Barcelona. El programa está dirigido a titulados en arquitectura que busquen una profunda re-orientación de su práctica profesional unida al liderazgo de equipos creativos e integrados por distintos profesionales

Sigue Leyendo...