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//Virtual design studio// The design studio is the center of architectural education. Advances in computer assisted design allow students to have new experiences in virtuals dimensions of studio, gathering is no longer a need for students to attack some design problems. Virtual design studios are based on the collaboration and leaving behind the competition, also ii diversifies students' experiences and the geographical and socioeconomic divisions don´t matter anymore.With the virtual design studio, designers can be in different places and work together at the same time because the workspace is distributed across the net. Design problems can be solved by “single-task”. This means that every participant´s opinion is used in the design and problems can be solve by “multiple-task” where every participant has a responsibility for a particular portion of the design. Similarly, participant’s communication can be synchronous, implying the simultaneous presence of all designers or it can be asynchronous, in this case the designers can work at different times and different parts of the design and their presence doesn´t have to be with simultaneous. Asynchronous communication use simple and modest techniques. Otherwise, they need “high bandwidth” and technology for video and electronic whiteboards. Another advantage of VDS is the capability to show information as text, tables, 3D images, animated images, web and incorporate designer´s goals, descriptions, etc. Also, people with different backgrounds share experiences and can learn more about design. VDS is important for student as a train for a global marketplace. Finally, the VDS technology is a platform for creating a new hybrid or virtual architecture, virtual media of the e-telier shaped architecture to a new architecture of the digital age which were known before as original ateliers based in Beaux Arts age.

In my opinion some aspects of architecture is easier and direct to explain with face to face interaction. By the other side with virtual design you can meet people around the world and work with them, and you can share your experiences with people from different background and learn to much.

In this century is very important to know about the new techniques to represent designs and communicates with different persons especially in architecture.

I think this virtual designs are an amazing revolution that is very useful to architects, urban planning, designers and for everyone.