I asked RIVAA Gallery:
Can you tell me more about the virtual reality project with Cornell Tech?
RIVAA Gallery artist Laura Hussey answered:
Tapan Parikhs class, Remaking the City is envisioning what the architecture
on Roosevelt Island might look like in the future based on the population,
location and cultural diversity of Roosevelt Island.Students will work in teams and design and build a physical model of their
designs. A virtual reality model for viewing will then be created.Five RIVAA artists will interact with the teams at specific times during the
semester to give advice on how the projects are progressing from an
aesthetic point of view and to make suggestions. This will allow the
possibility for the students to envision their designs from a very
different, non technical perspective and give them ideas they might wish to
incorporate.At the conclusion of the semester the students projects may be critiqued by
RIVAA on a design basis and placed on display at RIVAA gallery.
