What Is The Role Of An Architect In The Metaverse?
Summary
Stephen Drew discusses the role of architects in the metaverse with Shajay Bhooshan and Andrei Dolnikov, covering computational design, visualisation, digital spaces, virtual communities, NFTs and how architecture skills may apply in immersive environments.The metaverse raises a practical question for architecture: if people are gathering, working and experiencing branded environments online, what role should architects and designers play?
Stephen Drew discusses the role of architects in the metaverse with Shajay Bhooshan and Andrei Dolnikov, covering computational design, visualisation, digital spaces, virtual communities, NFTs and how architecture skills may apply in immersive environments.
The conversation covers:
- How computational design connects to virtual environments
- What visualisation specialists bring to digital space-making
- Why clients and communities may need designed immersive experiences
- How NFTs and digital ownership sit alongside architecture culture
- Which architecture skills may transfer into metaverse work
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Chapters
- 00:00 Introduction to architects and the metaverse
- 05:00 Shajay Bhooshan, Zaha Hadid Architects and CODE
- 10:00 Computational design and architectural platforms
- 15:00 Architecting the Metaverse and digital design work
- 20:00 Andrei Dolnikov, visualisation and Binyan Studios
- 25:00 Cause and Effect and the global visualisation community
- 30:00 Digital spaces, clients and immersive storytelling
- 35:00 NFTs, Art Basel and creative digital ownership
- 40:00 Skills architects can bring to virtual environments
- 45:00 What changes when spaces are not physically built
- 50:00 Future roles for architects in metaverse projects
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