扎哈·哈迪德建筑事务所和总部位于芝加哥的ArchAgenda公司共同发布METROTOPIA，一个独特的元宇宙项目，致力于成为全球设计界的虚拟交流中心。

Metrotopia Metaverse将于2023年5月18日启动，届时将举办以“知识转移”（Knowledge Transfer）为主题的威尼斯双年展虚拟展览，并呈现全球领先建筑工作室的近期作品，包括OMA, Morphosis, Coop Himmelb(l)au, UnStudio, MAD, Sou Fujimoto, Archi-Union, LAVA, CAP, EcoLogic Studio和ZHA等。

该展览回应了由Lesley Lokko为第18届威尼斯建筑双年展提出的大主题“未来的实验室”（The Laboratory of the Future）。METROTOPIA是建筑双年展同期活动的一部分，其中包括CityX，一个位于威尼斯云端的虚拟展馆群，旨在展示全球建筑学教师的研究工作，以及由纽约理工学院主办的、位于芝诺比奥宫的实体展览（展示建筑学院学生作品）。

METROTOPIA还将为今年即将举办的芝加哥建筑双年展提供支持。

Zaha Hadid Architects and Chicago-based ArchAgenda announce and launch METROTOPIA, a unique metaverse venture dedicated to becoming the virtual communication hub for the global design community.

The Metrotopia Metaverse launches on the 18 May 2023 with the vernissage and opening of a virtual Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition entitled ‘Knowledge Transfer’ displaying current works from some of the world’s leading architecture studios including OMA, Morphosis, Coop Himmelb(l)au, UnStudio, MAD, Sou Fujimoto, Archi-Union, LAVA, CAP, EcoLogic Studio and ZHA.

The exhibition responds to the overarching theme of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale put forward by Lesley Lokko, “The Laboratory of the Future”. Metrotopia is a segment of the Architecture Biennale collateral event that includes CityX, a swarm of virtual pavilions hovering above Venice showing the research work of architecture teachers from around the world, as well as a physical exhibition at Palazzo Ca Zenobio hosted by the New York Institute of Technology and presenting student works from many schools of architecture. Metrotopia will also contribute to the Chicago Architecture Biennial later this year.

▼METROTOPIA致力于成为全球设计界的虚拟交流中心，METROTOPIA dedicates to becoming the virtual communication hub for the global design community 

Metrotopia Metaverse是一个用Unreal Engine 5构建的多人虚拟环境，能够在逼真的环境中为现实的交流互动提供空间环绕声音，使设计实体的特征和品质得到准确的可视化。METROTOPIA的技术合作伙伴及托管平台是Mytaverse。

METROTOPIA的首座建筑和最初的城市核心由扎哈事务所担纲设计，现已完成多个可视空间。越来越多的建筑师和室内设计师将很快聚集在一起，创造多样化、多设计者的城市景观，提供我们在最具活力的城市区域所期望和珍视的协同效应。

Metrotopia Metaverse is multi-player virtual environment built with Unreal Engine 5, featuring spatial sound for realistic communicative interaction within a lifelike setting that allows the character and quality of designed objects and spaces to be faithfully visualized. Metrotopia’s technology partner and hosting platform is Mytaverse.

Metrotopia’s first incubator building and an initial urban core has been designed by ZHA with intervisible spaces now available. More architects and interior designers will soon come together to create a diverse, multi-authored cityscape delivering the kind of co-location synergies we cherish in the most vibrant city districts.

▼METROTOPIA的首座建筑和最初的城市核心由扎哈事务所担纲设计，Metrotopia’s first incubator building and an initial urban core has been designed by ZHA