Initial Study On Virtual Architecture In The Digital Era

Accompanying the approaching of digital era, with "digital being" as its feature, a new behavior mode has gone deep into people's daily life, which to some extend makes people' s living mode has transferred from physical space to virtual space. This also leads to the trend of architecture' s transfer to virtual space. Bases on living mode in the digital era, with digital technology' s application in architecture field and its effects on traditional architecture system as main line, through analyzing and comparing the relation between virtual space and physical space, this article discusses the transformation of architecture concept from physical space to virtual space and its developing trend. It also discusses some of the features of virtual space. Therefore, it inquires the theoretical and social foundation of the appearance of virtual architecture. Under the influence of digital technology, there also appears some development of traditional architecture concept basing on the virtual space. The three elements of architecture have gained more meaning. By means of comparison, through discussion of the development of architecture concept's function, technology support and aesthetic judgment, this article concludes the necessary of putting the study of virtual architecture into the architecture field. Through analyzing the application and effect of digital technology to architecture, this article also raises the concept of virtual architecture, and makes some comparisons with other similar ones. At he same times, base on the conclusion of present typical relative theoretical and practical study results, this article gives a initial discussion on virtual architecture' s space form, design method and its relation between traditional concept on architecture.Finally, according to the status quo of study, this article analyses some existing problems and people' s misunderstanding in this field. Hence architecture education, research mode and architecture practice to solve these problems, far the purposes of bringing more attention to its study and thinking, hence further promoting the development of architecture research in the digital era.