Virtual environments as situated techno-social performances: virtual West Cambridge case-study
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ROUDAVSKI, STANISLAVEditor
Li, Andrew I-kang; Gu, Ning; Park, Hyoung-JuneDate
2010Source Title
CAADRIA 2010: New Frontiers, the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in AsiaPublisher
CAADRIA (The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia)University of Melbourne Author/s
Roudavski, StanislavAffiliation
Architecture, Building and PlanningMetadata
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Roudavski, S. (2010). Virtual environments as situated techno-social performances: virtual West Cambridge case-study. In CAADRIA 2010: New Frontiers, the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, Hong Kong.Access Status
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This is a publisher’s version of a paper from CAADRIA 2010: New Frontiers, the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, published by CAADRIA. http://caadria2010.org
Abstract
This paper focuses on Virtual West Cambridge – an interactive multimedia environment constructed to support design and development of a large-scale, long-term urban project. In architecture, such persistent, continuously-growing virtual environments are unusual. Consequently, they pose unique challenges in procurement, development, maintenance and utilization. This paper re-conceptualizes virtual environments as situated techno-social performances rather than software programs or multimedia representations and discusses how this re-conceptualisation can inform their understanding, design and utilisation.
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virtual environments; collaborative practice; architectural design; urban design; performative placeExport Reference in RIS Format
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