For survival
humans need to understand their environment. As humans we create abstraction as tools to
understand our environment and it is through these abstractions that we improve
on it creating our built environment. We live in a very dynamic world; new
technologies are forever changing our experience of our world at an increasing
rate, providing us with greater access to information and uncertainty.
The virtual
world is the result of utilising information technology in our abstraction process.
The explosive growth of the virtual world is the result of its effectiveness in
enhancing our understanding and experience of our physical world creating
meaning and significance to existence.
Architects
have unique skills and perspectives that are important in
the virtual dialogue. Through training and practice architects
gain skills in coordination of different information systems and
formats from different areas of expertise to develop
integrated holistic empathetic outcomes.
The virtual
world is effectively a matrix of information systems that is highly adaptable
and easily changed and has a huge impact on our experience of the physical
world. Change is often feared; however change
is inevitable and should be embraced. Forget about the trying to save the world
as we know it and aim to create the world of our dreams.
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