Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture: Designing in Mixed Realities

Sara Eloy

[Instituto　Universitário　de　Lisboa　(ISCTE-IUL),　ISTAR, Portugal]

Eloy is an architect and PhD in Architecture. Eloy’s main areas of research include Digital Technologies applied to Architecture, Shape Grammars, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Space Perception, and Housing Rehabilitation. She is the director of the Information Sciences, Technologies, and Architecture Research Centre (ISTAR) at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, where she is also a fellow researcher. She has curated several exhibitions, including ＂CLOSE to cities and CLOSER to people＂ for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2013 and ＂Artificial Realities: Virtual as an Aesthetic Medium for Architectural Ideation＂ for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2019. She has participated in national and international research projects and published her work in several journals.

[The Royal Danish Academy, Institute of Architecture and Design]

Kreutzberg is a Teaching Associate Professor at the Institute of Architecture and Design at The Royal Danish Academy, and a member of the Architectural Representation research and teaching unit. Kreutzberg’s activities focus on the digital representation of architectural concepts, with a special interest in the Nordic daylight phenomena. Her research involves the use of immersive VR, 360° panorama photography and renderings, as well as animation and interactive media as tools to experience and evaluate daylight quality in architectural spaces.

[University of Thessaly, Greece]

Symeonidou is Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture at the University of Thessaly, specializing in digital media for design and manufacturing. She graduated from the Architecture Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and completed her postgraduate studies at the Architectural Association in London. Her PhD focuses on digital design and construction methods. Symeonidou has previously taught at the Department of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and the Graz University of Technology in Austria. She is the author of more than 40 papers published in scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings, and has participated in research projects in Greece and abroad.