EDITORIAL

Dear readers,

Now it occurs practically alternativeless application of computer technologies in architectural designing. It is certainly justified in its "routine" part, but is not always indisputable in a "creative" part (especially in educational process). I believe, that the discussion on this problem is expedient and useful.

The architectural space is unique object of research. Its modeling during designing assumes the application of all possible representational methods and means. However in a view of features "of the working persons" – the architects, which are inclined to "idolization" of computer technologies (and not always understand objective restrictions of these technologies in creative processes), the attentive and skilled approach of the wide circle of persons (architects, psychologists, engineers on computer technologies, etc.) is required for definition of the really reasonable applications borders of the modern computer technologies. First of all it concerns the process of training in architectural educational institutions.

The papers published below are connected not always directly to local program - technical problems of the computer graphics. Their overall objective is - to expand considerably an outlook of the readers on the mentioned problem and to create a basis for the subsequent discussion.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief,

Professor of the Moscow architectural institute (State academy),

M. Matalasov