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The architectural awareness and experience of space, and the creative use can profit greatly from certain aspects of "games" and the related technology. Here the author investigates a fascinating contribution of avant-garde art to the construction of space in the field of electronic games and arcades, beginning with New Babylon, moving through the radical suggestions of the 1960s and 1970s to the commercial and experimental examples of contemporary amusement arcades. Also considered are the virtual worlds of video games which are growing increasingly complex. The book reveals in a critical yet impressive way how important the element of "play" has become in today's digital architectonic designs. The Italian architect Alberto Iacovoni is one of the founding members of the Studio maO which specializes on architecture and media. He is also a member of the office for urban planning, Stalker.

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• 00 Intro(p. 6)
• 01 Play(p. 8)
• What shall we play(p. 8)
• Let's pretend(p. 9)
• Is it a children's game(p. 11)
• What part do we play?(p. 12)
• And the rules?(p. 12)
• And the playground?(p. 15)
• 02 Playgrounds(p. 19)
• Playground 01 The game of points of view(p. 20)
• Playground 02 The game of the body in space(p. 28)
• Playground 03 The game invades the city(p. 35)
• Playground 04 The play city(p. 43)
• Playground 05 The game of instant architecture(p. 54)
• Playground 06 Invaders of space(p. 62)
• 03 Playscape(p. 78)
• 04 Playlist(p. 89)

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Alberto Iacovoni is an architect; in 1996 he was one of the founders of ma0, a studio which operates on an extended concept of architecture as media, creating urban and multimedia projects. He is also a member of the urban art laboratory Stalker, with which he has elaborated numerous projects involving public spaces