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sigradi2024_361 |
| authors |
Vasconcelos, Guilherme Nunes de and Rolla, Giovanni |
| year |
2024 |
| title |
Imagination and Technology: Possibilities for studying architectural atmospheres through VR |
| source |
Herrera, Pablo C., Gómez, Paula, Estevez, Alberto T., Torreblanca-Díaz, David A. Biodigital Intelligent Systems - Proceedings of the XXVIII Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2024) - ISBN 978-9915-9635-2-5, iBAG-UIC Barcelona, Spain, 13-15 November 2024, pp. 2045–2054 |
| summary |
This paper adopts an Ecological-Enactive Cognition (EEC) perspective, which posits that imagination is embodied and distributed across the body and environment and examines how VR can influence architects' imaginative processes. Combining EEC with Material Engagement Theory (MET), the study explores how VR facilitates the creation of architectural atmospheres by engaging sensory and emotional responses. The advent of personal computers has transformed architectural practices, enhancing efficiency and accuracy in technical documentation and enabling photorealistic 3D modelling. Recent advancements in virtual reality (VR) technology have further expanded the possibilities for spatial experimentation. Despite extensive research on VR's impact on architecture, the relationship between VR and imagination remains underexplored. The methodology integrates philosophical and cognitive science approaches to analyze the role of VR in enhancing architects' capacity to anticipate and design atmospheric qualities of spaces. |
| keywords |
atmospheres, imagination, virtual reality, architecture design, enactive-ecological cognition |
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SIGraDi |
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