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dc.contributor.authorSkates, Henry
dc.contributor.authorWood, Peter
dc.contributor.editorShannon, Susan; Soebarto, Veronica; Williamson, Terry
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-07T23:13:24Z
dc.date.available2017-12-07T23:13:24Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/165064
dc.description.abstractThe computer game The Sims is the most popular computer game in the history of the genre. This paper examines what it is about this game that makes it so popular and asks how this might be relevant as an example of simulation technology. Furthermore it is argued that this the game manipulates the 'abstraction' of the game play through the apparent crudity of the graphic interface. It is suggested that a 'gap', or distancing, from an image has always been a component of non-digital architectural drawing. Typically architects have relied on a pictorial abstraction between a drawing of a building and an actually building, and if seen as expressions of 'building simulation' offer examples of the limitations in pure mathematical simulation.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherANZAScA
dc.publisher.placeAdelaide, Australia
dc.publisher.urihttp://anzasca.net/paper/2006-conference-proceedings/
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameANZAScA 2006: Challenges for architectural science in changing climates
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleANZAScA 2006 : Challenges for architectural science in changing climates: proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2006-11-22
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2006-11-24
dc.relation.ispartoflocationAdelaide, Australia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom201
dc.relation.ispartofpageto206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArchitectural Design
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode120101
dc.titleLessons on Architectural Simulation Taken from Drawing and Gaming
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
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gro.griffith.authorSkates, Henry


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