ARchadia 0.0
`Archadia is a future avantgarde city. This city was designed after Augmented Reality became omnipresent. The possibilities this gave architects, softwaredevelopers, townplanners and governments led to a new way of city-building and architecture. Now that we can assign digital skins to every part of the town, many aspects of the city didn’t have to be planned, they can be assigned in real-time to suit the needs of the individual users. Road signs don’t have to placed along the road, they can be added digitally. Buildings don’t need color, every inhabitant can choose how to paint the city. However, the shapes of the buildings and their functions are still needed. Roads and sidewalks still need physical locations.
New materials were invented that would fit well with these new requirements. White standardized buildingblocks that would allow for complete formal freedom were introduced. The city that was built was completely white, clean and generic. Digital designers made skins and themes for users to install and to determine how their surroundings and the people in it look.
Off course these changes didn’t make everybody happy. The idea of a clean white city is not everbody’s dreamworld. Slowly I will tell the story of this city and of the people who live in it. I hope to show you what the embrace of Augmented Reality can lead to. I hope you will like the story and help me write it.
