Architecture as a profession is deeply rooted in the past while continuously driven by innovation. In recent years, technological advancements have accelerated at a remarkable pace, creating tools and systems that revolutionize our understanding of the world. The need for digital spaces has become crucial, offering accessible and immersive realities. Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Web3, and the metaverse promise to enhance human interactions by providing rich virtual reality experiences. Although the metaverse may appear to be driven by economic interests, it opens up unique and significant opportunities for architects, designers, and individuals from various fields to collaborate in more meaningful ways. This study focuses on addressing a real-time problem using innovative tools that are transforming the construction industry. The identified problem being decline of rural populations in remote areas of Europe, particularly in Italy. The aim is to create a seamless digital strategy to counteract rural population decline and urban migration by integrating drone photogrammetry, the metaverse, and blockchain technology. This exploration delves into the future possibilities at the intersection of virtual and real realms for decision-making, cultural preservation, economy generation, and virtual tourism, fostering rural revival and the digital representation of real-world environments. Through a case study of an Italian village, the potential of participatory design involving various stakeholders and community-led development strategies in revitalizing neglected areas is explored. The study underscores the transformative role of digital technologies in reshaping design processes and fostering community development. It highlights the importance of collaborative decision-making and a blockchain-driven economy, emphasizing self-ownership models and performance-based smart contracts for manufacturing and maintenance. Ultimately, the results derived from these virtual realms are then applied to reality by means of discrete architecture and infrastructural changes have been demonstrated in bringing the communities together by means of architecture.
La materia dell’architettura è profondamente radicata nel passato ed è continuamente guidata dall'innovazione. Negli ultimi anni, i progressi tecnologici hanno subito un’accelerazione notevole, creando strumenti e sistemi che rivoluzionano la nostra comprensione del mondo. La necessità di spazi digitali è diventata cruciale, offrendo realtà accessibili e immersive. Tecnologie come l’intelligenza artificiale (AI), Web3 e il metaverso promettono di ampliare le interazioni umane fornendo ricche esperienze di realtà virtuale. Benché il metaverso possa sembrare guidato da meri interessi economici, esso offre opportunità uniche e significative di collaborazione integrata per architetti, designer e individui provenienti da vari settori. Questo studio si concentra sull’affrontare un tema di attualità utilizzando strumenti innovativi che stanno trasformando il settore delle costruzioni. Il problema individuato è il declino delle popolazioni rurali nelle aree remote d’Europa, in particolare in Italia. L’obiettivo è creare una strategia digitale senza soluzione di continuità per contrastare il declino della popolazione rurale e la migrazione urbana integrando la fotogrammetria aerea, il metaverso e la tecnologia blockchain. Questa esplorazione indaga le possibilità future al confine tra il virtuale e la realtà negli ambiti dei processi decisionali, della conservazione culturale, della generazione di economie nuove e di un turismo virtuale, favorendo la rinascita rurale e la rappresentazione digitale di contesti del mondo reale. Attraverso il caso di studio di un borgo alpino italiano, viene esplorato il potenziale della progettazione partecipata da parte di diversi stakeholder, e delle strategie di sviluppo guidate dalla comunità nel rivitalizzare le aree trascurate. Lo studio sottolinea il ruolo trasformativo delle tecnologie digitali nel rimodellare i processi di progettazione e nel promuovere lo sviluppo della comunità. Viene sottolineata l’importanza del processo decisionale collaborativo e di un’economia guidata dalla blockchain, proponendo modelli di autogestione e contratti intelligenti basati sulle prestazioni per la produzione e la manutenzione. Infine, i risultati derivati da questi ambiti virtuali vengono applicati alla realtà mediante tecniche di progettazione in “discrete architecture” e cambiamenti infrastrutturali, dimostrandone l’efficacia nel ricompattare le comunità attraverso l'architettura.
METAMORPHOSIS - Community Regeneration via Blockchain-Based Metaverse and Digital Fabrication.
Liu, Shunwei;Abramov, Nikolai;Lankegowda, Havana
2023/2024
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Architecture as a profession is deeply rooted in the past while continuously driven by innovation. In recent years, technological advancements have accelerated at a remarkable pace, creating tools and systems that revolutionize our understanding of the world. The need for digital spaces has become crucial, offering accessible and immersive realities. Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Web3, and the metaverse promise to enhance human interactions by providing rich virtual reality experiences. Although the metaverse may appear to be driven by economic interests, it opens up unique and significant opportunities for architects, designers, and individuals from various fields to collaborate in more meaningful ways. This study focuses on addressing a real-time problem using innovative tools that are transforming the construction industry. The identified problem being decline of rural populations in remote areas of Europe, particularly in Italy. The aim is to create a seamless digital strategy to counteract rural population decline and urban migration by integrating drone photogrammetry, the metaverse, and blockchain technology. This exploration delves into the future possibilities at the intersection of virtual and real realms for decision-making, cultural preservation, economy generation, and virtual tourism, fostering rural revival and the digital representation of real-world environments. Through a case study of an Italian village, the potential of participatory design involving various stakeholders and community-led development strategies in revitalizing neglected areas is explored. The study underscores the transformative role of digital technologies in reshaping design processes and fostering community development. It highlights the importance of collaborative decision-making and a blockchain-driven economy, emphasizing self-ownership models and performance-based smart contracts for manufacturing and maintenance. Ultimately, the results derived from these virtual realms are then applied to reality by means of discrete architecture and infrastructural changes have been demonstrated in bringing the communities together by means of architecture.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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