元宇宙中的建筑研究与实践理论化:虚拟社区参与的元语境

Claudia Bernasconi, Libby Balter Blume
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目的本文通过批判性地分析社区概念化的多学科方法,即空间、地点和背景,来探讨虚拟社区空间对建筑和设计实践中社区参与概念化的影响,从而设想建筑师和设计师参与虚拟社区的社会空间。首先,作者将 "元宇宙 "定义为各种形式的人与技术的互动。其次,作者讨论了建筑学、社会地理学和人类生态学中的场所理论,并运用新生态学理论描述了虚拟社区研究和实践中固有的互动过程。最后,作者记录了建筑研究和实践中特定类型的虚拟参与策略。研究结果虚拟环境为建筑师、设计师和社区成员之间的有效合作提供了各种机会。虚拟社区参与的文献综述确定的主要策略是协作、增强现实和情景数字体验。此外,研究人员还发现,最有效的社区参与方式是在物理空间的互动和数字媒介的互动之间架起一座桥梁。研究局限/影响作者主张加强研究,以了解更复杂的技术工具(如未来版本的人工智能(AI)软件)的可用性扩大后,会如何以不可预测和目前不太了解的方式进一步丰富社区参与的内容。此外,还需要开展更多的研究,以探讨虚拟社区参与中参与者的观点,并探索在元语境中建立社区的过程是如何被那些在其中行动的人所感受、生活和理解的。尽管并非每个社区都有宽带互联网或软件接入,但许多实体场所,如社区中心、图书馆、学校或个人家中,都可以成为个人和团体进行新颖虚拟参与体验的安全空间。数字参与可以增加那些因居家、交通不便或无法照顾孩子而无法亲自参加社区活动的人的参与机会,或者那些可能希望通过虚拟参与获得匿名性的人的参与机会。社会影响虚拟环境可以为建筑师、设计师和社区成员之间的有效合作提供各种机会,克服亲自参与时遇到的物理或非物理障碍。例如,在 COVID-19 全球大流行期间,公民和社区组织的近期案例研究通过克服亲自参与的物理或非物理障碍,成功地整合了物理和虚拟社区参与。社区发展理论家将这种情况称为 "后地方社区",在这种社区中,个人通过数字全球网络找到了团结。 原创性/价值 本文从跨学科的角度对元宇宙中的虚拟社区参与进行了理论分析,并提出了元语境这一创新概念,以描述全球 "后地方 "社区。文章综合了建筑学、社会地理学和人类生态学的场所理论,对建筑师和设计师参与元语境数字社区的有效策略进行了原创性评述。
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Theorizing architectural research and practice in the metaverse: the meta-context of virtual community engagement
PurposeThis article explores the implications of virtual social spaces for conceptualizing community engagement in the practice of architecture and design by critically analyzing multidisciplinary approaches to conceptualizing community namely space, place, and context to envision social spaces of virtual community engagement by architects and designers.Design/methodology/approachThis conceptual article utilized narrative literature review as the primary method for conducting a transdisciplinary theoretical integration. First, the authors defined the metaverse as all manner of human-technological interaction. Second, the authors discussed theories of place from architecture, social geography, and human ecology and employed neoecological theory to describe the interactional processes inherent in research and practice with virtual communities. Finally, the authors documented specific types of virtual engagement strategies in architectural research and practice.FindingsVirtual environments provide varied opportunities for effective collaborations among architects, designers, and community members. The primary strategies identified by the literature review of virtual community engagement were collaborative, augmented reality, and situated digital experiences. In addition, researchers have found that the most effective community engagement bridges interactions in the physical space and digitally mediated interactions.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors advocate for increased research towards understanding how the expanded availability of more complex technological tools, such as future versions of artificial intelligence (AI) software, may further layer the landscape of community engagement in ways that may be unpredictable and currently less understood. Additional research is also needed to address participants' perspectives in virtual community engagement and explore how the building of communities in the meta-context is felt, lived, and understood by those who act in them.Practical implicationsThe availability of new technological tools and digital platforms challenges diverse professionals to expand their community-engaged practice into the metaverse. Although not every community has broadband Internet or software access, many physical locations whether community centers, libraries, schools, or one’s own home may serve as safe spaces for novel virtual engagement experiences by individuals and groups. Digital engagement can increase opportunities for involvement from persons who are home-bound, lack transportation or child-care to attend in-person community events, or may desire the anonymity afforded by virtual engagement.Social implicationsVirtual environments can provide varied opportunities for effective collaboration among architects, designers, and community members by overcoming physical or nonphysical barriers to in-person engagement. For example, recent case studies of civic and community organizations have successfully integrated physical and virtual community engagement during the global COVID-19 pandemic by overcoming physical or nonphysical barriers to in-person engagement. Community development theorists have referred to such contexts as a “post-place community” in which individuals find solidarity through digital global networks.Originality/valueThis article theorizes virtual community engagement in the metaverse from a transdisciplinary perspective and coins the innovative concept of meta-contexts to describe a global “post-place” community. Integrating theories of place from architecture, social geography, and human ecology guides an original review of effective strategies for meta-contextual digital community engagement by architects and designers.
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