Virtual Architecture

Interesting article in the New York Times Magazine:

Sam Lubell, Original Sim:

Unchecked by the usual limitations, designers in Second Life are creating unbelievable structures and entire worlds — either for the money or simply because they can. From sci-fi cityscapes to towers made of French toast, there are endless chances to experiment here.

There is also plenty of demand for conventional buildings like houses and schools. Either way, if architects don’t have to contend with the real-life constraints of budgets, permits, engineering or even gravity, is it right to judge their work as architecture? Most designers don’t seem to care. They contend that Second Life will do nothing less than transform architecture as we know it. And anyway, such debates quickly fade to the background once you get here. You’re too busy flying around.

Commentary on the article from Dusan Writer.

Keystone Bouchard, Reflexive Architecture