Imagine a place where disaster has erased hope; then visualize a world where rebuilding it from the ground up can easily be imagined. What you're watching here is one of the latest efforts by The Arch group to raise the potential of SL as an architecture tool-- in this specific case, architecture for social good, in the form of a virtual model of a real home created for a Biloxi family who lost theirs in the wake of Katrina. (The original was created in conjunction with the Open Architecture Network.)
The SL recreation is the brainchild of Arch leader Keystone Bouchard. "My hope is that the Virtual Porchdog will serve as a catalyst for future OAN projects to be built in SL," he tells me.
"Moreover, I see an opportunity for architects and designers from all around the world to gather virtually and collaborate on real-time relief solutions in the wake of an unforeseen disaster - or to simply brainstorm ways to sustainable ways to improve living conditions in general. It's all about visualization, collaboration and community - elements that already thrive in Second Life."
More on the project here, and a related SL appearance by a noteworthy architect, here.
Habe auch nix bezahlt aber PC stürtz immer ab , gleich noch LockIn!
Dabei freu ich mich drauf demnächst ein Shop oder so im Second Life zu starten.
www.GuterPlan.de - Demnächst Filiale im Second Life
http://www.guterplan.de/hausmeister-service/filiale-second-life/index.html
Noch sammel ich Infos über Apfelland, Grundstücke und und und
Posted by: Andreas | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 11:30 AM