Tyler Lovejoy

Architects primarily work at a digital desktop, alienated from the spatial byproducts of their collaborative work. Software is the most influential mediator between these immaterial laborers and projects, and holds the greatest influence on architectural work. Building Information Modeling has become synonymous with architectural work, yet presents a missed opportunity in reimagining labor conditions and power relations between workers. 

Delivered as a visual essay that is both critical and speculative, the project ultimately imagines improved working futures. As architectural production methods have evolved, much of the same pernicious labor relations have subsisted. Today, architects are proposing improved labor structures utilizing cooperatives and unions. Alongside these endeavors, might we reimagine our digital tools as allies?