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AVATAR: Nothing is Impossible
Author(s) -
Spiller Neil
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1662
Subject(s) - greenwich , avatar , nothing , virtuality (gaming) , engineering , sociology , media studies , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence , geology , soil science
The AVATAR (Advanced Virtual and Technological Architectural Research) Group, now based at the University of Greenwich, conducts research into advanced technologies such as virtuality and biotechnology. Here, Guest‐Editor Neil Spiller , the group's founding director, explains why AVATAR has come to regard the reworking of ‘the notion and content of the architectural drawing’ as integral to the group's explorations.