Cyberspace & Digital Environments

The purpose of the Cyberspace and Digital Environments Network is to discuss research and design projects in people’s use of digital, simulated and virtual environments. This network is of interest to scholars, architects, planners and designers who seek a broader understanding of current virtual environments, as well as their implications for the future. Interests in the network will include, but will not be limited to, smart technologies, gaming environments, internet use, distance learning, information technology, personal space, web design, e-commerce, virtual workspaces and digital reality. The Cyberspace and Digital Environments Network is a forum for researching people’s use of technology in built, natural, and virtual environments. Contact us to join the CyberEDRA listserve and to share your ideas for future network projects.

Digital video runs a screen on the cityscape: When all the walls talk, what does it mean for architecture?

From: The Los Angeles Times

By: Christopher Hawthorne, Architecture Critic

Apple is expected to unveil its much-anticipated touch-screen tablet on Wednesday morning. A few journalists see the device as a possible savior for the newspaper business. Me? I'm wondering how it'll affect the skyline.

Don't laugh. Whatever shape it takes, Apple's tablet promises to slip another digital screen -- and with it another layer of seductive interference -- between us and the contemporary cityscape. As these layers pile up, they are fundamentally changing our relationship with architecture: how we look at and think about buildings and the extent to which they even register in our minds at all.

CFP: Revisiting Cyberspace & Digital Technologies: A Look Responsive and Ethical Design

Cyberspace & Digital Environments Network Intensive

The Cyberspace & Digital Environments Network is accepting proposals for presentations at its EDRA 40 Intensive.

Advancements in the practice of architecture are connected with developments in technology. Where Roman Architecture developed concrete to liberate structures from the restrictions of the natural environment, Gothic Architecture used the flying buttress as a means to create free-standing structures that reached to unprecedented heights.

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