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The dilemma of the virtual is not based on contemplating the nature of virtual existence via architectural expression. Rather the central issue is while the transition from physical society to virtual society has allowed increased interactions between individuals, society is becoming more isolated within their spacial environment than ever before. Corporations such as Google and Facebook have no concern for the well being of the individuals who use there services other than there ability to generate data for advertising revenue. The real issue of the internet is one can become injured or die, and as a whole the internet doesn’t care.
An architecture accessing both the historical notion of the public sphere as an intimate enlightenment cafe with the contemporary notion of the public virtual of the internet.
Unlike virtual space, architecture has the possibility to tie human experience to location via the use of site
