Space Modders: Learning from the Game Commune & the Binck Twins Case Study: Learning emancipatory practices of space modification through videogames and their introduction to the built environment

The research attempts to investigate the workings and potentialities of videogames as a medium for participatory design and practices of commoning in architecture. The analysis begins with exploring videogames as non-normative experiences and the effects of those experiences on the players which lead to the emergence of the game commune; a force...

Space Modders: Architects, Game Developers and Gamers

This paper will outline the connections between videogames and architecture as a form of representing and experiencing physical or digital space and their potential in participatory design. By analyzing communicative and expressive patterns in the videogame community I attempt to find links between architects, game developers and gamers. The...