tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77318381786778055872024-02-19T20:48:38.339-06:00Playing ArchitectureA Blog about Architecture and Games by Eric LançonEric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-14370836327875050192020-08-16T17:32:00.013-05:002020-08-17T00:16:16.515-05:00PLANNING PLAY: Merging Architecture and Games
Games and architecture need each other. At their core, each field encapsulates
an entirely distinct world view -separated by siloed vocabularies, specialized
tools, and conflicting industry goals. But at bottom, both fields draw from
the same sources of inspiration and vie for the same level of attention. The
origins for both architecture and games reach back millennia to the Eric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-15695952954062178132019-06-19T21:44:00.002-05:002020-08-25T20:37:38.705-05:00AN ARCHITECTURE OF INSTAGRAM
In today’s world, we are positively
bombarded by photography. Digital smart phone cameras have fundamentally
changed the way we communicate with one another. Emoji, GIFs, and selfies are
the new languages put to work explaining and describing all our complex
concepts, feelings, places, and faces with as few written words as possible. Its become evident written language must make room Eric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com0Austin, TX, USA30.267153 -97.74306079999996729.828484 -98.388507799999971 30.705822 -97.097613799999962tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-84216938236164539582018-09-17T09:07:00.001-05:002018-09-17T10:54:50.619-05:00NOT ALL GAMES ARE FUNBrenda Romero’s Train (Romero, 2009)Who said games had to be fun?Brenda Romero is a game designer who developed a board game about the Holocaust. That's right,.. A game...about the Holocaust. This happened back in 2009, and the reactions she received were quite predictable. Typically, these were the kinds of reactions a game designer wouldn't want their players to have, but in the case of Eric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-44836608717232947692014-02-23T15:10:00.000-06:002014-02-23T15:12:21.191-06:00WELCOME TO THE GRID
"Reservoir" - By Eric Lancon
It's been a long time coming since I've last posted to this blog. This was initially started as a college assignment four years ago! I figured one day I might actually want to blog, so I aptly named it something I hoped I would not lose interest in. Fortunately, that interest is still alive and well, and I still do not see a whole lot by way of Eric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-9495041974746622752010-02-23T07:54:00.002-06:002010-02-23T08:36:25.618-06:00Land vs. LandscapeI visited Mexico back when I was about 10, down to Cancun, where an old Mayan city lay in ruins. The city is known as "Chichen Itza" and it rose to prominence in about 600 C.E.(One of the many ruins still standing today around the site.)This site clearly has had over 2,000 years of human occupation and development and therefore resembles a mostly manicured dimple in the rain forest of Central Eric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-2921414250843855152010-02-03T11:37:00.002-06:002010-02-03T12:00:52.704-06:00Ethical StandardsA bit late in coming, but nevertheless still necessary....A monologue about studio ethics:A few ideas or concepts/categories I've thought of that will be quite important to reflect on in this subject matter.Some major categories to break it down into:-We are all striving to be better architects or become better students in architecture; respect of one's work and one's self image are important in Eric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-2273201592688291412010-01-14T13:35:00.006-06:002010-01-14T14:39:57.862-06:00A Note About Studio CultureA strange occurrence in studio culture I've come to terms with is the loss of members. Best way I could show this is to make a comparison to national culture. or perhaps local culture. In all cultures we have traditions and ceremonies to celebrate or signify important events or times. The same is true in studio, when one can find the passing of years as new beginnings or "coming of age" type Eric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-33181744729626425592010-01-07T14:06:00.002-06:002010-01-07T15:26:53.412-06:00Homing InnHurray! -I get to present a narrative in full bloom for the masses. I'll allow my mind to explode and see If I get a nice Jackson Pollock painting when I'm done... Onward!The following is mostly fictional (except for a few minor real details)'Homing Inn'Traveling down the sidewalk in the old neighborhood of my childhood heading on my way to work, I noticed an ever peculiar house which I had Eric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-72126966978014907202009-12-17T14:42:00.003-06:002009-12-17T15:25:17.351-06:00Another # of Degrees of SeparationToday I'll be working with the following four topics:1) [movie]: Gattaca (1997)2) [book]: "A Theory of Fun" (Koster, 2004)3) [science technology]: LISA project4) [food item]: EscargotLet us start off with the 1997 film Gattaca; it's about what society might be like in the near future when technology has advanced enough to the point where couples may 'choose' preferred genes or have designer Eric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-41008780521584062882009-12-10T14:22:00.005-06:002009-12-10T15:16:03.975-06:00Six Degrees of Separation, Assignment #1I will attempt to connect the following:(film): The Sound of Music (1965)(news item): Current Health care Debate(science): Electromagnetic Fields as Cutting Tools(place): Germany(required): Archigram's WorkOne of the most popular musicals ever written was and probably always will be Roger & Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music" as per adapted in the same-titled 1965 film. What exactly draws itEric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731838178677805587.post-19739864035116078382009-12-07T23:18:00.002-06:002009-12-08T17:35:29.023-06:00Arriving on the SceneI'll skip with the formalities if there are any applied solely for blogging. "Playing Architecture" is a blog inspired by nothing and created for a particular architecture class however, this does not doom it for failure (or in that case, demise). My subject of this blog for the next 10 weeks will be outlined for me. Therefore, the topics may not be of my particular interest, but they will Eric Lançonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443932908030555401noreply@blogger.com0