Virtual Reality : Architecture, Culture, and the Body (Routledge Research in Architecture)

Crossley, Tatjana

Routledge（2025/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 176 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781032733036
• DDC分類 701

Full Description

This book investigates how immersive environments, across architecture, art, and media, shape spatial perception, cultural identity, and the construction of reality. It offers a spatial-psychoanalytical reading of virtual reality (VR), examining how architecture and representation engage with the body, sensorial experience, and subjectivity.

Redefining VR as an experiential and spatial condition rather than simply a digital construct, the book traces its lineage from ancient fresco rooms to contemporary digital landscapes. Grounded in theoretical frameworks from psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and media theory, it explores how immersive environments function as extensions of the body and reflect a collective identity. Case studies, from Pompeii to the Metaverse, illustrate how architecture and representation shape our virtual experience. Rather than viewing VR as a new phenomenon, the book positions it as part of a longer trajectory in design and representation, shaped by evolving tools and technology. It argues that the virtual spaces we create and the artifacts we choose to represent encode insights about identity, memory, and social conditions.

This book is written for theorists, practitioners, academics, and students of architecture, art, and design. It situates architectural practice within the unfolding discourse on virtuality, identity, and the cultural implications of space-making.

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Framing the Body

Body Image

Immersion

Part II: From the Cave to the Digital Landscape

Tricking the Eye

The Spectacle

The Atmospheric

The Digital

Conclusion: Mediated Bodies, Designed Realities

Index