1 Fluxxoid v.4.1 “the liquified being of space” Ozan Önder Özener, Burak Pak, Arzu Erdem (Assoc.Prof.,PhD.) Istanbul Technical University Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate Program in Design Computing, Turkey http://www.virtuvius.itu.edu.tr Abstract. Fluxxoid is an experimental virtual media project created for Computational Design Studio Project (ITU Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Program of Design Computing) , which is an interactive model contains physical space representations and cyberspace structures. The main function of the project is a virtual art and performance museum. (still photo, streaming media and designed 3d environments) The dimension of fluxxoid creates an alternative discourse for parallel universe and gives the opportunity of being virtual in a custom designed dimension. The approach addresses the cyberphysical concepts of the virtual object / space design and configuring the mixture of alternative media technologies as well as the material (code) and function relationship in cyberspace dimension. Keywords. Virtual architecture; cyberspace; liquid architecture; virtual design education Introduction Today, a new kind of cross-disciplinary design education is made possible by interactive design technologies and integration of digital media to the studio environment. New educational practices have virtually reversed the rhetorical paradigm of the conventional Beaux Arts atelier. A new discourse has emerged and thus, morphed architecture and design theory in which the limits of every kind of physical reality can be easily exceeded and all components from medium to material can exist in a parallel code. Cyberspace provides a flexible and free medium for different experiments while enabling the design/production of objects that reflect their own constraints, cultures and implicit values. From this perspective, cyberspace is not a design tool but an interactive environment with endless potentials where a variety of design activities can be implemented. As Helfand (1997) states, “…it is an utopian archetype, a potentially infinite space with no geographical, political or otherwise material boundaries”. Cyberspace provides an environment or medium which is extremely liquified and dynamic, where hierarchies, boundaries and earthly laws of physics do not exist. The experimental applications and realization of this complex state creates its own conditions and starting points that require new design decisions and initiatives. The experiment: Fluxxoid v.4.1 Conceptual framework Fluxxoid is an experimental virtual media project created for computational design studio in ITU Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Program in Design Computing. Briefly, it is an interactive and expanding model that contains digital space representations and cyberspace structures. The definition of the fluxxoid components does not require any references to the conventional physical relations; hence, fluxxoid surface is created accordingly as a virtual performance gallery with dynamic and static media and designed 3D environments.