Metapolis : virtual reality vs. real virtuality in a digital art pavillion

Metapolis : virtual reality vs. real virtuality in a digital art pavillion

dc.contributor.advisor	White, G.T. (Gary)	en
dc.contributor.coadvisor	Laubscher, Jacques
dc.contributor.email	lila.kruger@gmail.com	en
dc.contributor.postgraduate	Kruger, Leanne	en
dc.date.accessioned	2013-09-07T17:27:30Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-26	en
dc.date.available	2013-09-07T17:27:30Z
dc.date.created	2012-04-23	en
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.date.submitted	2011-11-30	en
dc.description	Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2011.	en
dc.description.abstract	This dissertation focuses on architecture in the information age.Information technology is evolving at an alarming rate, which opens up a vast landscape of possibilities within the architectural realm. These possibilities are discussed and implemented into anarchitectural intervention, with a specific focus on the relationship between the real and the virtual. A digital art pavilion is proposed on the corner of Proes and van der Walt streets in Pretoria CBD, where the Munitoria Complex (Tshwane Municipal Offices) is currently situated. This intervention should act as a catalyst for positive change by narrowing the digital divide that is currently causing social and cultural segregation; providing a tool for upliftment by informing city dwellers. This negates the current "culture of ignorance" by stimulating a culture of knowledge.	en
dc.description.availability	unrestricted	en
dc.description.department	Architecture	en
dc.identifier.citation	Kruger, L 2011, Metapolis : virtual reality vs. real virtuality in a digital art pavillion, MArch(Prof) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29982 >	en
dc.identifier.other	C12/4/85/gm	en
dc.identifier.upetdurl	http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11302011-184515/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29982
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Pretoria	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria	en
dc.subject	Information age	en
dc.subject	Digital divide	en
dc.subject	Digital architecture	en
dc.subject	Virtual reality	en
dc.subject	UCTD	en_US
dc.title	Metapolis : virtual reality vs. real virtuality in a digital art pavillion	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en