Research
Edward Ihnatowicz – The Senster
January 15, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | 7 CommentsEdward Ihnatowicz was a Cybernetic Sculptor active in the UK in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. His ground-breaking sculptures explored the interaction between his robotic works and the audience, and reached their height with The Senster, a large … Read More
Living City
January 14, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | 5 CommentsArchitects ‘The Living‘ did a great presentation on their design approach to rapid low cost prototyping of interactive environments and construction techniques last year at the ‘Interactive Architecture & Media’ symposium I organised at Eyebeam last February. They’re currently … Read More
Ruth Ron – WallFold
January 13, 2008 | Ruairi GlynnRuth Ron is an architect and interactive media artist. She has done a number of interactive installations bridging telecommunications technologies and architecture, many of which are focused on dematerializing architectural structures such as transformative walls, walls that turn into … Read More
Interactive Architecture Lecture @ Kunsthaus Graz
December 20, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 5 CommentsAs part of the Europrix exhibition held in the Kunsthaus,Graz, I did a short presentation about my views on Interactive Architecture and its relationships to other fields in the arts and sciences both practically and conceptually and also where my … Read More
Life Spectulatrix – Augmented Architectures
December 18, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentVideo
Here’s one of Augmented Architecture‘s prototypes that I saw at the ACADIA07 earlier this year. “Life Spectulatrix” is an evolutionary physical skin based on digital environmental feedback retrieved through the webspace. Architect Nancy Diniz describes how it becomes … Read More
Mader Stublic Wiermann
December 17, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 Commentsreprojected
I first encountered the work of Mader Stublic Wiermann when Alexander Stublic did a talk at the MediaArchitecture Conference earlier this year. He presented four projects by the group in different technical environments focusing on correlations of space by … Read More
David Rokeby – Cloud
December 12, 2007 | Ruairi GlynnOne project that caught my eye from Regine’s posts covering the VIDA awards was David Rokeby’s Cloud Installation currently suspended in the Great Hall at the Ontario Science Centre. One hundred identical sculptural elements, arranged in ten by ten … Read More
Sean Hanna
December 7, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentSean Hanna is an interesting architect/engineer whose work I’ve been meaning to cover for some time. He was awarded a American Institute of Architects Student Gold Medal and went on to work on algorithmic & parametric design aspects … Read More
Capture & Context – London
December 5, 2007 | Ruairi GlynnHere’s a last minute plug for “Capture & Context“, an exhibition opening at the Bartlett in London tomorrow. The exhibition presents the work of current EngD students at the Bartlett exploring innovative approaches to Virtual Environments, Imaging and Visualization. … Read More
Funky Forest
November 20, 2007 | Ruairi GlynnVideo
The test of any good installation is how children respond and few I’ve seen get this kind of intuitive response. Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille, made ‘Funky Forest‘ which premiered at the 2007 Cinekid festival in the Netherlands. … Read More
Evoke – Usman Haque
November 1, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsEvoke by Architect & Artist Usman Haque is a massive animated 80,000 lumen projection, that lights up the facade of York Minster. The facade is brought to life by members of the public, who use their own voices to "evoke" … Read More
Image Radio
October 23, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsPixFlow #2 – LAb [au]
From November 2 – 4, 2007, Image Radio is being held in Eindhoven, NL. The festival will be presenting a series of interactive installations that investigate the phenomenon of ‘Urban Screens’: Looking at how moving … Read More
Roots – Roman Kirschner
October 22, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 3 CommentsMy recent work has been influenced a great deal by the work of Cybernetican Gordon Pask (1928-1996) from his interactive installations to his work with Architects Cedric Price, John Fazer and Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte. Its always interesting … Read More
Performative Ecologies nominated for Europrix Top Talent Award
October 19, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 7 CommentsI’m excited to hear that my most recent interactive installation Performative Ecologies has been nominated for the Europrix Top Talent Awards with the exhibition being held at the Kunsthaus Graz. on the 23rd and 24th of November. This of … Read More
Emotional Architecture?
October 18, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 4 Comments2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
So what does the future hold for us? And what will technology enable us or indeed disable us from achieving. Futuristic visions from science fiction cinema borrow much from the leading technology of their time, … Read More
Seagulls
October 16, 2007 | Ruairi GlynnHere’s an interesting use of aluminium louvers and LED technology recently installed at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. The new building, designed by architects Penoyre & Prasad, is illuminated on the south side using RGB color changing … Read More
Light-Emitting Roof Tiles
October 15, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 5 CommentsThe roof has historically focused on one primary function: keeping out the elements. New technologies, as present in Light-Emitting Roof Tiles, allow the integration of additional functions within roof surfaces. Manufactured by Lambert Kamps, the transparent roof tiles are … Read More
Kengo Kuma – Weak Architecture
October 9, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 5 Comments
In search of flexible buildings – Kengo Kuma uses the term “weak architecture”. His teahouse does not rise up from the ground as a fixed wooden construction, but unfolds as an airborne ephemeral structure. When … Read More