Architecture of visual spaces: a philosopical approach

Abstract

The radical changes of cultural paradigms that took place at the turn of the millennium had a significant impact on the aesthetic standards of creating of architectural spaces — both the physical and the virtual one. The Digital Age is determined by the acceleration of technological processes. Thus, there is a growing interest in Virtual Reality (VR) in philosophical and cognitivist researches of Italian philosophers of the 21^st century. There is a trend to use the possibilities of virtual reality to conduct immersive practices, with the aim of establishing a dialogue between humans and digital architectural spaces. We live in very internet-heavy times and this creates a new type of artistic and social culture. In this regard, the present paper aims to shed light on the philosophy proposed by the ERC funded project AN-ICON, appeared in 2019. Observing several artworks, we will analyze cultural transformations that occurred in the architectural field in the context of total digitalization.