by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’ll be in Chicago this weekend for the Second Life Community Convention, will you? Send Keystone Bouchard an IM so we can have the first annual ‘Architecture in Second Life’ meetup.
![MIND AVATAR | BODIES IN VIRTUAL PUBLIC SPACE | TREE OF [SECOND] LIFE, by Iota Ultsch](https://static.flickr.com/1295/1195222717_27d56c0d53_d.jpg)
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 21, 2007 | Uncategorized
The following essay was submitted by Iota Ultsch. “The Gestalt approach is a form of phenomenological field theory. Gestalt shares the concerns of phenomenology, which are to study the multiple possibilities of a given field or situation as it is experienced...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 21, 2007 | Uncategorized
One of the most amazing things about Second Life is the ability for like-minded people to cluster around a given catalyst for discussion. In many ways, this phenomenon is the very essence of what we call ‘community’ – not just in SL, but anywhere....
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
Transcript of Gioacchino Laryukov’s presentation is below. Transcript of the entire discussion can be found HERE. “Giuseppe Terragni (1904-43) was an Italian architect who worked in the ’30’s during a period when others such as Sartoris,...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 15, 2007 | Uncategorized
To expand on the idea of ‘Reflexive Architecture’ in virtual environments, I’ve been experimenting with several installations that explore it’s potential. This video is a composite of several machinima pieces each describing a different...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
This essay was submitted by Lester Clark. ‘Designer Dingson’ in Second Life. August 2007. I’m trying to explain ‘it’ – I’ve yet to classify ‘it’ in my head – to someone who knows nothing of this world. I suppose I’m finding it hard to classify because...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
I can’t express how refreshing it is to see Scope Cleaver’s work recognized for the masterpiece it is. Scrolling through arcspace.com, you’ll find IM Pei, Norman Foster, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Zaha Hadid, and now… Scope Cleaver. “The...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
Fascinating news via Idea City – read the full story HERE. “they [IBM and Kingfisher] have designed DIY Shopper to integrate with Second Life so that a shopper’s avatar is able to view materials available in store on his/her virtual house. Let me write...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
Find the transcript of today’s meeting HERE. Much better turnout, excellent conversation. As usual, we were meandering, but always inspiring and interesting. We started with scale, and ended with scale – and arrived at some interesting conclusions. The...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
Join us on Architecture Island (slurl) this Thursday at 2PM SL-time (PDT) this week, as we address the troublesome concepts of scale, perception and relativity we all face in Second Life. What does scale really mean in SL anyway? Is the meter arbitrary? Is it all...
