CYBERFIELD

Studio Patrik Schumacher

Tutors Pierandrea Angius

Team Gizem Dogan, Sitong Liang, Jiahui Ma, Jieping Zhuang

We live in a reality that, until recently, we called science fiction. During the pandemic, the virtual spaces have gradually increased their popularity as they allowed many possibilities for communication while citizens are physically isolated. Especially with its flexible and customisable aspects, Cyberspace offers more than timesaving solutions in the working life. A combination of virtual and physical working environments will be the dominant framework for future office scenarios, where communication, interaction and collaboration between companies and clients will happen in both ways. ‘CyberField’ aims to take advantage of the uniqueness of both reality and virtuality, so that the new framework can utilise their strengths and create a more efficient office environment.

However, any entirely- or hybrid-virtual scheme needs spatial support. In the Cyber-Urban Incubator, the ‘Social Field’ will allow all participants to determine the level of their presence and the volume of information displayed to others. The translation of the virtual rules to physical space is actualised using an array of architectural elements, technologies, and variable systems of semiological patters that define the rules of both spaces and users.

The ’Social Field’ not only redefines the systems of communication in cyberspace but also sets the rules that, in turn, establish the framework that will allow for different levels of virtuality to be actualised through the production of the architectural elements. Along these lines, the principle of adaptable and flexible boundaries is essential for the hybridisation of the working environments, since if virtuality exists nothing can be considered as static.