Over the last decades we have seen significant progression in technology. This proliferation and progression has led to a shift from the mechanical paradigm, to the electronic paradigm and ultimately a change in the way we perceive the world around us. Technologies such as the cell phone, particularly the iphone, Google Earth, online social networks, and app based platforms are just a few among many that challenge the way we have been, and shape the way we will, experience the environment and interact with each other. This technology and its consequential advance towards hyper-connectivity changes our socio-cultural structure and thus our perception of the world. As technology advances a question arises. What is this ‘new world’ and how can architects begin to design for it?
