Morphosis
Very few Architecture Firms create interesting websites but Morphosis have done just that and with a name like their’s you’d expect strong digital content. Check it out
Add comment June 26th, 2005
Archive for June, 2005
Collaborative Artefacts Interactive Furniture
Interactive Furniture is as important as Interactive Architecture in my book so this conference that my good friend Chris O’Shea was taking part in at Château-d’Oex ,a lovely Swiss village near Geneva is of interest to me. Check out the projects being discussed at the conference.
Collaborative Artefacts Interactive Furniture
Add comment June 24th, 2005
Interactive Bubble Wall
The multi-user installation ‘bubbles’ enables participants to interact with the realtime simulation of floating bubbles. By entering the light beam of the data projector, the participant casts a shadow onto the projection screen. the screen area is captured by a video input system and each bubble is able to independently recognize both the shadows‘ touch and its direction.
Defined as autonomous objects, the bubbles‘ behavior and their response to any user-interaction follows a set of simulated physical laws. Both the overall state of the complex system and the shadows‘ interaction with the bubbles create nonlinear musical structures, that are generated in realtime utilizing a midi interface and midi synthesizer.
Add comment June 23rd, 2005
Interactive Surfaces from loop.pH
loop.pH creates and develops new and reactive surfaces and objects, conducts an extensive range of research activities and collaborates with industry and multi-disciplinary groups.
loop.pH research explores electronically responsive and light emitting surfaces as a form of visual communication in built spaces. Electroluminescence has been applied to interior textiles in order to create reactive sensed environments and with programming and the use of sensors surfaces can be made responsive to their surroundings, providing a visual and luminous reflection of its environment.
Below is the digitaldawn and heres all the other projects they’ve produced with light emiting surfaces
One of the key interests is the physiological effects of the absence of daylight. Light has a profound impact on our emotional and physiological being and by integrating illumination into our everyday objects and surfaces we can enhance our lives for a sense of well being.
1 comment June 21st, 2005
And more Rotating Spaces
Snail Shell System
The SNAIL SHELL SYSTEM is a low cost system that enables persons to move around, change their whereabouts and live in various environments. One unit supplies space for one person. It is mobile both on land and water. One person can move it slowly, either by pushing it like a wheel, walking inside it or on top of it.
On water it can be rowed, moved by a kite or hooked up to a vessel, for example, a ferry. The unit rests on one flat side and can be anchored in lakes, rivers, harbours or at sea. On land, it can be placed in city spaces, fields, forests etc. The SNAIL SHELL SYSTEM takes up very little space and can easily be placed in a discreet way. It can be buried in the ground, exposing only the entrance. It can also function as a comfortable space inside existing buildings.
Several units can meet up and form temporary communities. The unit can be hooked up onto existing infrastructure like telecommunication lines and electricity cables (for example, by connecting it to street lamps). If special devices are added, the unit can supply its own energy. The SNAIL SHELL SYSTEM can also be used for transporting different items and it can provide protection for persons when they participate in situations like demonstrations.
Add comment June 16th, 2005
TurnOn – AWG
Since 2001, the Austrian architecture and design firm AllesWirdGut (“everything will go well,” in German) has sought to explore less conventional ideas of housing. Invited to participate in a young-designer’s exhibition on living space in Vienna, the five-person firm began to rethink the idea of housing, ridding themselves of the typical blueprint of a ceiling, floor, and 4-walled structure. “We wanted something that was not only new but that would also be interactive and fun for the audience of the exhibition,” explains architect Herwig Spiegl.
Well they certainly manage that
TurnOn is a unique circular living module designed to accommodate multiple functions associated with the house. The modules are attached together, creating a cylinder-like space where each piece can literally be turned to alter its function. Various module types would be fabricated to reflect the multiple program elements of a house. ie: kitchen, bath, bedroom, etc.
Add comment June 12th, 2005