Reflexive Architecture: Virtual Worlds Redefine our Relationship to Objects
Second Life | (11)
I'm increasingly fascinated by the work that architects are doing in virtual worlds, Second Life in particular. Documented and discussed at The Arch I can only offer a naive outsider's view. I'm clueless as to how reflexive architecture, for example, helps to explore concepts of architecture as a discipline.
However, my fascination with reflexive architecture connects to deepening (and confused) thoughts about objects, interaction, and "physical presence" in virtual worlds. As an extension of this fascination, our group has begun to explore concepts of landscape architecture and in particular metaphors of public gardens and their transportability into virtual worlds. Reflexive architecture ...