Architects in Cyberspace.www.inf4serv.rug.ac.be/jevervoor/architects A site emanating from the University of Ghent, Architects in Cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. reflects the student anbience out of which it was created. There is some scrappy scrap·py 1 adj. scrap·pi·er, scrap·pi·est Composed of scraps; fragmentary: scrappy evidence. scrap information on architects: all the usual crew, Aalto, Mies van der Rohe Van Der Ro·he See Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. , Buckminster Fuller, Libeskind and so on, but there are other sites which provide many more links and a great deal more information. The organizers say that it 'isn't a site about architecture', but it's difficult to discover exactly what it is about except for uncritical and shambolic sham·bol·ic adj. Chiefly British Slang Disorderly or chaotic: "[The country's] transportation system is in a shambolic state" worship of 'digitization'. Unless you are particularly keen on the cyberworld, the site is scarcely worth a visit at the moment. |
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