Book – Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture
Federico Ruberto’s “Models and Fictions: The Archi-tectonic of Virtual Reality” is the second chapter of “Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture – Designing in Mixed Realities”, Eva Castro’s “Form Axioms: ‘The Politics of Mapping the Invisible” is the 25th chapter of the book.
The publication is edited by Sara Eloy, Anette Kreutzberg, and Ioanna Symeonidou, published by Routledge, 2021.
Book Description form the Editors:
“Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture: Designing in Mixed Realities presents a curated selection of projects and texts contributed by leading international architects and designers who are using virtual reality technologies in their design process. It triggers discussion and debate on exploring the aesthetic potential and establishing its language as an expressive medium in architectural design. Although virtual reality is not new and the technology has evolved rapidly, the aesthetic potential of the medium is still emerging and there is a great deal more to explore.
The book provides a comprehensive overview of the current use of virtual reality technologies in the architectural design process. Contributions are presented in six parts, fully illustrated with over 150 images.
Recent projects presented are distributed in five themes: introduction to mixed realities; space and form; context and ambiguity; materiality and movement; body and social. Each theme includes richly illustrated essays by leading academics and practitioners, including those from Zaha Hadid Architects and MVRDV, detailing their design process using data-driven methodologies.
Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture expands the use of technology per se and focuses on how architecture can benefit from its aesthetic potential during the design process. A must-read for practitioners, academics, and students interested in cutting-edge digital design.”
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Sara Eloy, Anette Kreutzberg, and Ioanna Symeonidou
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PART 1 – INTRODUCTION: THE VISUAL AESTHETICS OF ARCHITECTURE
Chapter 1: A Concise History of VR/AR in Architecture
Henri Achten
Chapter 2: Models and Fictions: The Archi-tectonic of Virtual Reality
Federico Ruberto
Chapter 3: Cybernetic Aesthetics
Helmut Kinzler, Daria Zolotareva, and Risa Tadauchi
Chapter 4: Wish You Were Here: Virtual Reality and Architecture
Sean Pickersgill
Chapter 5: How Architects Are Using Immersive Technology Today, and Projections for the Future
Dustin Schipper and Brittney Holmes
PART 2 – SPACE AND FORM
Chapter 6: Reconceptualising Zoos through Mille-oeille: A Posthuman Techno-Architecture to Sustain a Human/Non-Human/Culture Continuum
Elena Pérez Guembe and Rosana Rubio Hernández
Chapter 7: An Augmented Reality-Based Mobile Environment for the Early Architectural Design Stage
Mehmet Emin Bayraktar and Gülen Çağdaş
Chapter 8: Nordic Daylight in 360°
Anette Kreutzberg
Chapter 9: Cyber-Physical Experiences: Architecture as Interface
Turan Akman and Ming Tang
PART 3 – CONTEXT AND AMBIGUITY
Chapter 10: A Quasi-Real Virtual Reality Experience: Point Cloud Navigation
Joana Gomes, Sara Eloy, Nuno Pereira da Silva, Ricardo Resende, and Luís Dias
Chapter 11: VR as a Tool for Preserving Architectural Heritage in Conflict Zones: The Case of Palestine
Ramzi Hassan
Chapter 12: Ephemeral Monuments
Spyridoula Dedemadi and Spiros I. Papadimitriou
PART 4 – MATERIALITY AND MOVEMENT
Chapter 13: Action Over Form: Combining Off-Loom Weaving and Augmented Reality in a Non-Specification Model of Design
James Forren, Makenzie Ramadan, and Sebastien Sarrazin
Chapter 14: Blending Realities: From Digital to Physical and Back to Digital
Ioanna Symeonidou
Chapter 15: The Robotic Dance: A Fictional Narrative of a Construction Built by Drones
Sara Eloy and Nuno Pereira da Silva
PART 5 – BODY AND SOCIAL
Chapter 16: Designing the Bodily Metaverse of Lisbon
Marketa Gebrian, Miloš Florián, and Sara Eloy
Chapter 17: Inceptive Reality
Carla Leitão
Chapter 18: Virtual Reality in Landscape Design: Findings From Experimental Participatory Set-Ups
Ana Moural and Ramzi Hassan
PART 6 – PROJECTS
Part 6.1: Creating Space
Chapter 19: ZHVR BigWorld
Helmut Kinzler, Risa Tadauchi, and Daria Zolotareva
Chapter 20: The Aesthetics of Hybrid Space
Ruth Ron and Renate Weissenböck
Chapter 21: VoxelCO—Playing With Collaborative Objects
Alexander Grasser
Part 6.2: Experiencing Space
Chapter 22: MVRDV Virtual Space
Maria López Calleja
Chapter 23: The Digital Archive
Eva Castro
Chapter 24: Sirus Gardens—The Building
Sean Pickersgill, Jason Semanic, and Chris Traianos
Chapter 25: Form Axioms: ‘The Politics of Mapping the Invisible’
Eva Castro
Chapter 26: Oh Ambient Demons: Ringlets of Kronos + Coronis 2020, Decoded
Marcos Novak
Part 6.3: Enhancing Space
Chapter 27: Sky Gazing Tower
Kyriaki Goti and Christopher Morse
Chapter 28: Identity
Rudolf Romero
Chapter 29: Perspectiva Virtualis
Julien Rippinger and Arthur Lachard
Chapter 30: Holo-Sensory Materiality
Marcus Farr and Andrea Macruz
Chapter 31: Porifera Suspended Topologies
Pablo Baquero, Effimia Giannopoulou, Ioanna Symeonidou, and Nuno Pereira da Silva
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
INDEX