ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the basic feature of the digital platform that has been experimented over several years. Digital platforms like sitsims are becoming part of the tools employ to imagine the cities culturally and technically. Research and development of the sitsim platform can be exemplified by people efforts to create simulations of the Roman Forum. This has been an experimental process of trial-and-error involving students from both the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Institute in Rome. It presents the core case of the new national museum in downtown Oslo. Architectural model making has undergone considerable transformation in the past two decades, principally through the near encompassing use of computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology and tools. The fixed camera perspective based in traditional display conventions is in opposition to the free perspective and movement of the virtual camera controlled by the mobile user. This indicates a shift in the visual culture and practice of urban design and planning.
