The Architects’ Journal selects the finest architecture from the worlds of computer and video games
10. Marioland
Clearly influenced by the work of London architectural practice FAT, Marioland takes the layering of patterned facades in bright colours to another level. The visual vibrancy is further conveyed by the use of rounded forms, echoing the ‘blobitecture’ of Zaha Hadid’s Dubai Opera House.
9. Castle Wolfenstein, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
How can one set foot in the gemutlich Castle Wolfenstein without being transported into a medieval fairytale? This Bavarian gem, with its pretty Romanesque keep, is marred only by the hordes of (sometimes zombified) Nazi stormtroopers. Currently home to a high-security prison, the schloss is situated high on a mountain so access is only via a Where Eagles Dare-style cable car. A glance at the floor plan reveals a curiousity: the medieval architect - thought to be Hans Grosse - committed himself to a near-endless iteration of the swastika motif.
8. Tetris
Tetris can teach us all a lesson in dimensional co-ordination and rotational symetry. Featuring just seven standard building components as the basis for construction, it takes a radical approach to reducing waste material. Tetris has an aesthetic charm too: its combinations of solid and void have proved inspirational for a range of architects including Slovenian architecture studio, OFIS.
7. Architecture Island, Second Life
Second Life resident Keystone Bouchard’s playground of building types are precariously perched atop a floating plane of greenfield site. Access may be problematic, but visitors will be rewarded with juxtapositions of experimental architecture: a huge structure-free glass cube, prismatic roofscapes and gravity-defying timber cantilevers to name a few. The only real let-down of this eccentric architectural smorgasbord is a couple of randomly placed wind turbines that expose Bouchard as falling into the trap of sustainability-as-afterthought.
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