University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository Architecture and Planning ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations Spring 4-3-2017 Worldbuilding: a survey of games and architecture at play Charlotte M. McKernan Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/arch_etds Part of the Architecture Commons Recommended Citation McKernan, Charlotte M.. "Worldbuilding: a survey of games and architecture at play." (2017). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ arch_etds/36 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Architecture and Planning ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. i Charlotte Meagan McKernan Candidate Master of Architecture Department This thesis is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Thesis Committee: Prof. Nora Wendl, Chair Prof. Alex Webb Prof. Brian Goldstein Prof. Tim Castillo ii Worldbuilding: a survey of games and architecture at play by Charlotte Meagan McKernan B.A., Franklin University Switzerland, 2013 THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Architecture The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico May, 2017 iii Dedication To my cool pals and even cooler family. Thank you for your patience and support. iv Acknowledgments I would like to thank my thesis committee, Professor Nora Wendl, Professor Brian Goldstein, Professor Alex Webb, and Professor Tim Castillo, for their support and guidance throughout my studies at UNM. v Worldbuilding: a survey of games and architecture at play by Charlotte Meagan McKernan B.A, Franklin University Switzerland, 2013 M.Arch, Architecture, University of New Mexico, 2017 Abstract Architecture often looks to the value of digital spaces for simulation and compu- tation.