Creating the metaverse strongly relies on the use of NFTs, so in the last chapter of the thesis an overview on the legal perception of NFTs is given, considering one exemplary NFT with the aim to find the relevant questions more than possible answers.

Krista Kim is a digital artist, entrepreneur and founder of Techism (2014), whose work explores the concept of digital consciousness.

iheartblob is an award winning architectural design studio and research collective formed by Aleksandra Belitskaja, Ben James and Shaun McCallum, currently based in the UK.

In my design process I work with architectural design tools, both digital and physical processes. I construct a garment in 3D with computational design techniques and use digital fabrication to realize it, similar how I work during a building design process. I think about the structure and performance of material and functionality.

In what ways is this traditional understanding of the profession relevant to working in virtual and digital domains as an architect and what new competencies should future generations embrace to become key players – if their ambitions is to cater to a hybridized world?

Questions as provocations to foster an engaged debate and discussion in regards to AI and its creative use in architecture, but also addressing the pink elephant in the room being prompt generated images.

NFT & ARCHITECTURE I Towards a Parallel Architecture

An essay on the epistemology of architecture and its disciplinary move from the physical to the digital.

Virtual reality is about to be built. And what exists gets improved and extended in an enormous velocity.