Contenido

Con base a los preceptos establecidos, se pueden postular 3 fases en la evolución de este tipo de arquitectura:.

1. Traditional presentation of an architectural project.

A virtual environment is conceived from the moment a traditional architectural project is generated and is presented using the appropriate technical means: drawings with the CAD program, animations, settings, among others. The product meets all the presentation requirements of a traditional project: plans, sections, perspectives, facades, axonometric projections, models, in addition to being perfectly constructible. At this stage, the computer is merely a support tool in the development of the project.

2. Use of new computer tools.

With the incorporation of new technologies and computer tools such as virtual reality (immersive or not) to the generation process of a traditional architectural project, it is aimed at meeting the technological requirements of constructibility, but presented and represented completely in digital form, enriched with the visualization and navigation of the virtual spaces conceived. This phase begins in the mid-90's and remains active.

3. Exploration of a virtual field.

The identification and exploration of a virtual environment in which complete architectural projects are generated, both digital in their representation and in their architectural characteristics. In this type of virtual environment, the concepts and behaviors of cyberspace can be handled, such as immateriality, incorporeality, instantaneity in the transfer from one point to another, that is, non-conventional "Displacement (vector)") displacement, such as flight or teleportation. You can also use non-constructible concepts, such as portals that appear when you approach, changes in the "exterior environment" that is displayed when you are in the world, changes in the behavior of architectural or urban furniture. The possibilities for formal and functional innovation are almost limitless. For the purposes of this event and consistent with the most promising trends of the current era, this last phase will be called virtual architecture or architecture made for cyberspace.

Virtual Architecture is still in the initial phase of exploration, and promises significant changes in the exercise of the academic and professional practice aspects of architecture through a close connection with the Internet and the development of collaboration and collective participation at a distance. It is currently the frontier as far as computer applications in architecture are concerned. There is another modality that still maintains the requirements of the physical architecture, it is known as hybrid architecture.

Leonardo Avella, arquitecto docente de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, explica la arquitectura virtual a partir de 3 conceptos principales; basándose en los postulados de Michel Foucault y su estructura para la subjetivación:.

The dimension of space

A single point (2^0 = 1), (or "node") can be considered a zero-dimensional cube, two nodes (2^1) joined by a line (or edge) is a one-dimensional cube, four nodes (2^2) placed in a square are a two-dimensional cube, and eight nodes (2^3) are an ordinary three-dimensional cube. The dimension of this space involves a sense of perception that would be thought subject to the perspective of the screen, since its construction is determined by the vanishing points that simulate the structure of the form, however these points are determinations that are found within the space and therefore are subject to the action of movement, they are part of the sensitive structure that constantly assembles them as one goes from one node to another. They maintain a formal determination only within an instant in time, a space that constantly destroys and arms them in relation to a dynamic alteration that is built on the Cartesian plane as a starting point.

Virtual Architecture focuses on generating spaces that are viewed digitally, preferably through the Internet, although it is not essential, but desirable, since easy accessibility of the designed entity is important. As such, it allows not only to look to the future through the creation of new modalities of architectural objects but also the recreation of the past, recovering those monuments that have disappeared over time due to erosion or intentional destruction.

As a concept, trade and/or product, it allows us to venture into the study and experimentation of a large number of types of buildings, among which Virtual Museums have made the greatest and best use of technology. It does not refer to museum catalogs on the Internet, but to Museums and Art Galleries that can be visited and traversed using the Internet or special programs to view the buildings. Some are galleries or adaptations of basic buildings, where they -exhibit- works of art.

Las principales restricciones para el uso difundido de la Arquitectura Virtual como forma válida de arquitectura son:.

The Technology

Paradoxically, and although there are a large number of applications to generate models in VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language, for its acronym in English), the models that can be made with the current versions of this language do not compare with the photorealism models used for architectural presentations. Of course, the VRML language gives us the facility to be able to quickly traverse the model "Model (architecture)"), and sacrifice detail for speed. Other technological restrictions are given by the speed of the Internet connection and the processing speed of the computer being used.

Reduced participation in shared guidelines and search lines

A second type of restrictions, arising from the same incipience of the topic, lies in the reduced participation [critical in our Latin American field] in terms of guidelines and shared lines of action that favor the deepening of the investigation and study of both the functional conditions based on which this Virtual Architecture would operate and the promotion and study of the incorporation and appropriate use of Architecture in 3D virtual communities made up of companies such as ActiveWorlds, Blaxxun and more recently SIMS, among others.

The Surface

For virtual logic, the surface does not have corporeal materiality, it is a rationality in sensible terms that synthesizes a numerical structure[24], but it does not necessarily imply an optical reduction, that is, it is not subject to the capacity of the medium to produce a sensory relationship.

Avella express.

• - Avella, L. (2014). What is Virtual Architecture? [doc]. Bogotá: National University of Colombia.

• - Vélez-Jahn, G. (2000). Virtual architecture.[Presentation]. IV Ibero-American Congress of Digital Graphics. Universidade do Rio de Janeiro: SIGraDi.

• - Vélez-Jahn, G. (2010). From CAD to Machinima. The Digitization of the architectural virtual environment. Digital magazine notes on Architecture.(22). Recovered from http://apuntesdearquitecturadigital.blogspot.com/2010/12/la-digitalizacion-del-medio-virtual.html.

• - Floornature M Novak.

• - Arq.com.mx TransArquitectura.

Contenido

Con base a los preceptos establecidos, se pueden postular 3 fases en la evolución de este tipo de arquitectura:.

1. Traditional presentation of an architectural project.

A virtual environment is conceived from the moment a traditional architectural project is generated and is presented using the appropriate technical means: drawings with the CAD program, animations, settings, among others. The product meets all the presentation requirements of a traditional project: plans, sections, perspectives, facades, axonometric projections, models, in addition to being perfectly constructible. At this stage, the computer is merely a support tool in the development of the project.

2. Use of new computer tools.

With the incorporation of new technologies and computer tools such as virtual reality (immersive or not) to the generation process of a traditional architectural project, it is aimed at meeting the technological requirements of constructibility, but presented and represented completely in digital form, enriched with the visualization and navigation of the virtual spaces conceived. This phase begins in the mid-90's and remains active.

3. Exploration of a virtual field.

The identification and exploration of a virtual environment in which complete architectural projects are generated, both digital in their representation and in their architectural characteristics. In this type of virtual environment, the concepts and behaviors of cyberspace can be handled, such as immateriality, incorporeality, instantaneity in the transfer from one point to another, that is, non-conventional "Displacement (vector)") displacement, such as flight or teleportation. You can also use non-constructible concepts, such as portals that appear when you approach, changes in the "exterior environment" that is displayed when you are in the world, changes in the behavior of architectural or urban furniture. The possibilities for formal and functional innovation are almost limitless. For the purposes of this event and consistent with the most promising trends of the current era, this last phase will be called virtual architecture or architecture made for cyberspace.

Virtual Architecture is still in the initial phase of exploration, and promises significant changes in the exercise of the academic and professional practice aspects of architecture through a close connection with the Internet and the development of collaboration and collective participation at a distance. It is currently the frontier as far as computer applications in architecture are concerned. There is another modality that still maintains the requirements of the physical architecture, it is known as hybrid architecture.

Leonardo Avella, arquitecto docente de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, explica la arquitectura virtual a partir de 3 conceptos principales; basándose en los postulados de Michel Foucault y su estructura para la subjetivación:.

The dimension of space

A single point (2^0 = 1), (or "node") can be considered a zero-dimensional cube, two nodes (2^1) joined by a line (or edge) is a one-dimensional cube, four nodes (2^2) placed in a square are a two-dimensional cube, and eight nodes (2^3) are an ordinary three-dimensional cube. The dimension of this space involves a sense of perception that would be thought subject to the perspective of the screen, since its construction is determined by the vanishing points that simulate the structure of the form, however these points are determinations that are found within the space and therefore are subject to the action of movement, they are part of the sensitive structure that constantly assembles them as one goes from one node to another. They maintain a formal determination only within an instant in time, a space that constantly destroys and arms them in relation to a dynamic alteration that is built on the Cartesian plane as a starting point.

Virtual Architecture focuses on generating spaces that are viewed digitally, preferably through the Internet, although it is not essential, but desirable, since easy accessibility of the designed entity is important. As such, it allows not only to look to the future through the creation of new modalities of architectural objects but also the recreation of the past, recovering those monuments that have disappeared over time due to erosion or intentional destruction.

As a concept, trade and/or product, it allows us to venture into the study and experimentation of a large number of types of buildings, among which Virtual Museums have made the greatest and best use of technology. It does not refer to museum catalogs on the Internet, but to Museums and Art Galleries that can be visited and traversed using the Internet or special programs to view the buildings. Some are galleries or adaptations of basic buildings, where they -exhibit- works of art.

Las principales restricciones para el uso difundido de la Arquitectura Virtual como forma válida de arquitectura son:.

The Technology

Paradoxically, and although there are a large number of applications to generate models in VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language, for its acronym in English), the models that can be made with the current versions of this language do not compare with the photorealism models used for architectural presentations. Of course, the VRML language gives us the facility to be able to quickly traverse the model "Model (architecture)"), and sacrifice detail for speed. Other technological restrictions are given by the speed of the Internet connection and the processing speed of the computer being used.

Reduced participation in shared guidelines and search lines

A second type of restrictions, arising from the same incipience of the topic, lies in the reduced participation [critical in our Latin American field] in terms of guidelines and shared lines of action that favor the deepening of the investigation and study of both the functional conditions based on which this Virtual Architecture would operate and the promotion and study of the incorporation and appropriate use of Architecture in 3D virtual communities made up of companies such as ActiveWorlds, Blaxxun and more recently SIMS, among others.

The Surface

For virtual logic, the surface does not have corporeal materiality, it is a rationality in sensible terms that synthesizes a numerical structure[24], but it does not necessarily imply an optical reduction, that is, it is not subject to the capacity of the medium to produce a sensory relationship.

Avella express.

• - Avella, L. (2014). What is Virtual Architecture? [doc]. Bogotá: National University of Colombia.

• - Vélez-Jahn, G. (2000). Virtual architecture.[Presentation]. IV Ibero-American Congress of Digital Graphics. Universidade do Rio de Janeiro: SIGraDi.

• - Vélez-Jahn, G. (2010). From CAD to Machinima. The Digitization of the architectural virtual environment. Digital magazine notes on Architecture.(22). Recovered from http://apuntesdearquitecturadigital.blogspot.com/2010/12/la-digitalizacion-del-medio-virtual.html.

• - Floornature M Novak.

• - Arq.com.mx TransArquitectura.