Insert a brick: espaços virtuais e games na arquitetura e urbanismo

Abstract

The paper entitled “Insert a brick: virtual spaces and games applied to Architecture and Urbanism” has the general objective of analyzing electronic games - specifically Minecraft, Cities: Skylines and Block'hood - as a possibility of application in the planning process and urban management. Specific objectives are to analyze the virtual space, evaluate the use of games from the perspective of urban planning and architecture and analyze the applicability of the virtual universe in city planning. This work explores the concepts of spaces and virtual environments applied from video games and their own characteristics that can be used in favor of the development of architectural and urban projects that aim to respect the heterogeneity of humanity, which seek to review the current model work and recover the creation processes lost during the industrialization of society. The conclusion we have is that, based on the characteristics of the games, mainly on the flow - fluid state of immersion between the player and the experience provided by the game - generated by them and the moment of virtualization enabled by new technologies is possible, through from the return to the ludic thinking provided by games, to foster changes in the way collective planning processes are played and in how to keep a population engaged in the democratic perspective of improving public spaces that are rightfully their own.