Real Space-Virtual Space. Aesthetics, Architecture and Immersive Environments

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Fabrizia Bandi (ed)
University of Milan, Italy
ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9008-2633
Roberto Paolo Malaspina (ed)
University of Milan, Italy
ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2372-789X
Keywords: Space, Virtual, Architecture, Aesthetics

Synopsis

This volume explores the complex relationship between real and virtual spaces, analysing how digital media are increasingly reshaping architectural and urban environments. Contributors examine the impact of new technologies on spatial experiences in the contemporary mediascape, from everyday life to urban spaces and immersive architectural design. Through a combination of theoretical essays and concrete case studies, the volume focuses in particular on Virtual Reality (VR) as an innovative tool capable of reimagining spatial design, transforming the interaction between built environments and digital spaces, and offering new perspectives on the future of architecture, urbanism and cultural heritage.

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Author Biographies

Fabrizia Bandi, University of Milan, Italy

is a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC project AN-ICON, at the University of Milan. Her research focuses on phenomenology and aesthetics, with particular interests in architecture and art. In 2019, she held a postdoctoral position at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio (USI). She taught Aesthetics at Politecnico di Milano from 2016 to 2020. Currently, she is adjunct professor of Aesthetics of Objects at the University of Milan and Aesthetics of Luxury at IULM University. She is the author of La percezione armata: esperienza estetica e immaginazione in Mikel Dufrenne (Mimesis, 2018), Spazi Virtuali. Esplorazioni estetiche fra ambienti elettronici e immersivi (ETS, 2024), and co-editor of Corpo, spazi, architettura. Fenomenologia dell’esperienza spaziale (Morcelliana, 2024, with Matteo Vegetti).

Roberto Paolo Malaspina, University of Milan, Italy

is a postdoctoral researcher at Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti” at the University of Milan. He obtained a PhD in Philosophy and Human Sciences (Aesthetics) in 2024 at University of Milan, with a thesis on erotic images and immersive devices in the frame of ERC AN-ICON project. Previously, he concluded his MA degree in Visual Arts at the University of Bologna (2019), with a dissertation on the theoretical identity of postmodern architecture. He attended CAMPO (2019-2020), course for curators of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin. He is an adjunct professor of Theory of Perception at IED Academy (Milan) and an academic fellow in the course of Philosophy of Art at Bocconi University.

Published
April 22, 2025

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979-12-5510-242-7