Paradigms of the games’ strategy in architectural design
Journal Title: Architectus - Year 2017, Vol 21, Issue 4
Abstract
Architecture of the 21st century is in a state of the everlasting eruption of ideas and patterns, inspired by the informative theory and driven by the technological development of digital age. Computers are not only tools of architectural design, but their inner languages, codes and graphic conventions have an influence on architectural forms. Real life is supplemented by actions in virtual reality and the architectural objects have their representation in the virtual world. The mixture of real and virtual matters causes that the setting of man’s life becomes a kind of gameland, and the architects and users are the active gamers in architectural space. The aim of the research paper is to define the future direction of changes in architectural design influenced by the progress of information technologies and by implementation of different gaming strategies, making it possible to simulate variable states of the spatial structures. The paper points out the most important challenges on the basis of comparative and interpretative analysis of the present games and innovative architectural concepts of digital architecture, shown in the aspects of their congruency in relation to the used design strategies. On the basis of analysis, the following paradigms of the architectural design, relating to the existing gaming strategies which have direct influence on shaping of the architectural forms, are distinguished: RTS – realtime game strategies in the architectural space, DNA – coding of the spatial structures, CTRL – control of the info-matter-energy flow in the spatial structures, OSS – architectural form as expression of the opensource software and infovisual transparency, and Play Create Share – interactive and personalized architectural space. These strategies will define the future shape of interactive and smart built environment and will have an impact on the future users’ expectations, relating to the attractiveness and interactivity of man’s life settings.
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Ada Kwiatkowska
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