Virtualism In Architecture

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to a need or program. An expression of society in spatial experiential form. Thus virtual architecture, Campbell adds, is that which embodies and expresses values of society or culture in electronic form, with polygons vectors and texture maps as opposed to bricks and mortar (www.uni-weimar.de). The use of polygons and texture maps instead of bricks and mortar has an obvious advantage. It saves money. Bruce Sterling, a speaker for the Electronics Frontier Foundation (EFF) encapsulates it well. “Nothing ever rusts, nothing breaks, nothing collapses… it just gets diskwiped.” (www.eff.org) Problems which could eventually become costly can be eliminated cheaply and efficiently. Architectural ‘walkthroughs’ as they are referred to, are what a few architects are using as their tools for designing buildings. They possess many advantages. As humans are spatial creatures they respond better to 3-Dimensional visuals as opposed to 2-Dimensional or ...

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this application of VR is unashamedly positive and optimistic with the future of the technology. Thus the proponents can be described as belonging to the Technological Deterministic school of thought. In other words, the technology has been created so therefore we must use it. VR is also largely associated with reaping in economic benefits, and if not now, is seen as a good investment for the future. Thus if there is a dollar sign attached to a specific technology there are inevitably going to be fewer critics, or at least less of a critical perspective applied to it. For example John Tabart CEO of the Docklands Authority described I3 as a “glimpse of our future worlds”. ...

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