“While it might sound a bit crazy, Minecraft is a great platform on which to engage with young people and others in the local community to test ideas and get people involved in architecture and planning.”Ī virtual Newtown is currently being developed in Minecraft by Hughes Architects, mapped with all the main town centre buildings and roads developed on the platform. “We’d seen and discussed a project with Brecon Beacons National Park Authority where they worked with schoolchildren in Hay-on-Wye to build a virtual town, allowing the young people to help shape ideas and provide an insight for planners,” said Doug Hughes, managing director at Hughes Architects, which has offices in Mid Wales and Cardiff.
The practice has had discussions with the town council and NPTC Group’s college to develop a virtual Newtown where ideas can be “tested” out virtually to help shape its physical future. But building design and planning consultants Hughes Architects are in the process of working with councillors and students to use the platform to “build” the future of Newtown in Powys. Minecraft is normally used by online gamers to shape their own virtual worlds for fun. The virtual online world of Minecraft, played by millions of people around the world, could soon help shape the future infrastructure and building plans of a Mid Wales town.
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