Sena Neighborhood
The Forest City of the Metaverse
Engine
Year
Tags
Gamium
June 8, 2022
Open, Unity, Genesis, Health, Social
Sena redefines ecological virtual urbanism as it merges with artificial nature to create a unique aesthetic. Sena is a place of high abundance, where assets complement and coexist in a forest-like manner. At its center, a timber tower made of discrete geometries stands as an icon of automated assemblages and machine-based design.
Virtual chlorophyll seems to be perceptually valid, as studies show how clinical patients who attend virtual nature through VR wearables demonstrate signs of increased relaxation.
The forest, a vital element of life, is reduced to its aesthetics and perceptual qualities.
Technophilic environments take command
SENA sits as a forest in a crater and brings forward technobiophilia to metaverse design.
Morphology
The urban morphology is based on a gradient circle packing as its underlying structure, each circle hosts a building, or a cluster of structures creating various moods, all within a forest context.
Moving outward, the circular plots get smaller, and therefore the structures they host.
At its boundaries, the terrain is elevated to create the urban sense of being in a crater, a space below.
The neighborhood is divided into several zones by artificial mountains, designed to emerge from the circular form.
Central icon: The Tower of Life and Blooming QR-code flora
Project Team
Project Lead
Firas Safieddine
Project core team
Firas Safieddine
Francois Nour
Unity - Engine Team
Karlo Rajic