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Dwelling without Walls: Gathering in The Immaterial Architecture of Gather Town

Author(s) Ms. Ranti Fitria Anugrah Yuliandi, Dr. Özlem Kandemir
Country Turkey
Abstract Introduction: Gather town is a 2D web-based space designer for interaction, collaboration, and presence. Different from other virtual meeting platforms, this platform is one of the fruits of the evolving nature of architecture in the context of virtual platforms as it transcends material boundaries and reimagines spatial experience, atmosphere, and dwelling in digital environments. Purpose: Through the lenses of immaterial architecture and phenomenological theory, this study investigates how Gather Town constructs spatial presence without physical form.
Method: This study takes a qualitative approach by exploring Gather Town through map analysis, user interactions, and firsthand experience on the platform. It blends ideas from immaterial architecture, where space is shaped through interaction and interface, with phenomenological views that focus on how people sense and feel space, even when it’s not physically there.
Result: Findings suggest that while Gather Town lacks physical materiality, it facilitates a sense of dwelling without walls by leveraging proximity-based interaction, symbolic spatial layouts, and user-driven habitation.
Conclusion: In the end, the study shows that platforms like Gather Town aren’t just a mere digital meeting tools but also as meaningful architectural spaces shaped with intention and capable of creating a real sense of presence.
Keywords Immaterial architecture, phenomenology, virtual space, dwelling, presence, spatial media
Published In Volume 17, Issue 1, January-March 2026
Published On 2026-02-16
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