Virtual Architecture Magazine™ is producing a series of Virtual Architecture Workshops in Second Life to support professional architects and promote open standards for the import and export of models and data from Second Life.
Business Focus:
• SL Grid and Open Grid as a pre-visualization tool for professional and virtual architects seeking to leverage 3D virtual worlds.
• Augmented Collaboration
• Shorter Design - Approval Cycles
• Project Marketing Support
• Facility Tenant Leasing Tool
Design Focus:
• Structural Design Studies
• User Design Studies
• Interior Design Studies
• Landscape Design Studies
• Urban Planning Studies
• Green Building Information Management Systems (BIMS)
Sustainability Focus:
• Decreased Carbon Footprint
• Enhanced Communications
Technology Focus:
• SL Grid as an immersive 3D platform for Professional Architects
• integration and interoperability of 3DMax; Autocad; Maya; and Sketchup. with Second Life Platform
William McDonough + Partners is a design firm of 46 architects, planners, designers, and support staff. Their work is based on a philosophical foundation rooted in the Cradle to Cradle thinking developed by William McDonough and Dr. Michael Braungart in their 2002 book, Cradle to Cradle, Remaking the Way We Make Things. The firm serves clients worldwide from their studios in Charlottesville, Virginia and San Francisco, California.
Virtual Architecture: The 3D iBooks for Professional Architects
To provide their clients with the best service, the firm uses an open design team approach to optimize project delivery across all types and scales. Typically serving as design team leaders working on a wide array of projects and building types, WM+P adds unique value by integrating rigorous analysis and design synthesis. Their solutions to architecture, planning, and community design problems range across scales from the molecule to the region as they examine and explore the economic, ecological, and social consequences of design. Their buildings and communities embody and set enduring standards of design quality and economic, ecological, and social responsibility.
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