Architecture & games

About the Guest

Ahmed El Antably is an Associate Professor at the Department of Architectural Engineering, Cairo campus, and the Acting Dean of Education, South Valley campus, Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport. He locates his research and teaching in a conjuncture of history, theory, and technology. He is interested in design media and the ways in which they are socially deployed in design discourse, and the effects they introduce in design practice. He is also interested in the history and theory of virtuality in art and architecture and issues of the perception of place in both actual and virtual (both conventional and computed) environments in particular. El Antably published a book, a book chapter, and many journal articles.

About the Discussion

In this Talk, we discuss the field of gaming and its reflection on the architecture field in terms of the game environment, way-finding and also its psychological effects. we also discussed how architecture & game-making industries affect each other.

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