"Everybody should learn to code...because [the] machine/human and machine/machine interaction is becoming as ubiquitous as human/human interaction. Those who don’t know how to code soon will be in the same position as those who couldn’t read or write 200 years ago."

In trying to preserve the prestige of hand-drawing in the profession, we are woefully behind on our ability to use technology to our advantage. Architecture needs to incorporate code not for the purposes of making websites or blob forms, but to interpret data. Data visualization of pedestrian movement, parametric defined buildings based on solar radiation, and representation of dynamic real-time forces will be the next step towards creating an integrated site context study, and knowing how to code puts you one step ahead.