Urban Play: Make-Believe, Technology, and Space - Brossura

Duarte, Fabio; Alvarez, Ricardo

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ISBN 10: 0262045346 ISBN 13: 9780262045346

Casa editrice: The MIT Press, 2021

Riassunto

Why technology is most transformative when it is playful, and innovative spatial design happens only when designers are both tinkerers and dreamers.

In Urban Play, Fábio Duarte and Ricardo Álvarez argue that the merely functional aspects of technology may undermine its transformative power. Technology is powerful not when it becomes optimally functional, but while it is still playful and open to experimentation. It is through play--in the sense of acting for one's own enjoyment rather than to achieve a goal--that we explore new territories, create new devices and languages, and transform ourselves. Only then can innovative spatial design create resonant spaces that go beyond functionalism to evoke an emotional response in those who use them.

The authors show how creativity emerges in moments of instability, when a new technology overthrows an established one, or when internal factors change a technology until it becomes a different technology. Exploring the role of fantasy in design, they examine Disney World and its outsize influence on design and on forms of social interaction beyond the entertainment world. They also consider Las Vegas and Dubai, desert cities that combine technology with fantasies of pleasure and wealth. Video games and interactive media, they show, infuse the design process with interactivity and participatory dynamics, leaving spaces open to variations depending on the users' behavior. Throughout, they pinpoint the critical moments when technology plays a key role in reshaping how we design and experience spaces.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Fábio Duarte is Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Senseable City Lab, Lecturer in MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and Professor at PUCPR, Brazil. Ricardo Álvarez is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Senseable City Lab.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The MIT Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0262045346
• ISBN 13: 9780262045346
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 224
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile