The Rise of Virtual Architecture
A panel discussion at Laval Virtual
Wednesday 7th July at 2:30PM BST
Here is the program link. The official title is "Virtual Architecture in the Digital Realm"
The core of this discussion is about the architectural space in a digital world. The concept of space is tied to conventions and codes that allow a group of individuals to inhabit the same shared physical or virtual place. It is therefore a polysemic idea. A multiplicity of space exists at the same time. Each field of research, each art, each culture determines its own space.
However, the perception of space is also a function of the human body. Space is the result of the representation that an individual creates. There is an apparent analogy between nascent VR technology and the childlike novelty of trying out a new VR experience, as if discovering a new world. Like children, we gradually acquire information about our virtual surroundings. What are these information? What works and what does not, in VR? How can architects build meaningful virtual environments? Just a few of the questions we will be discussing.
