Research Articles
The definitive book to date…
January 28, 2010 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsHere a book I’ve really been meaning to post about for a long time. Published by PA Press, Michael Fox and Miles Kemp have put together as they call it “a processes-oriented guide to creating dynamic spaces and objects … Read More
Rachel Armstrong – Living Architecture
January 26, 2010 | Ruairi Glynn | 3 CommentsRachel Armstrong teaches at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, where she is advocating a new approach to architecture — one that sees buildings becoming living things. One of the best things about working at the Bartlett … Read More
Kiefer Technic Showroom Facade
January 7, 2010 | Ruairi Glynn | 5 CommentsCreated by architect Giselbrecht + Partner ZT GmbH this amazing project is called “Dynamic Facade” better known as the Kiefer Technic Showroom in Bad Gleichenberg, Austria.
Hear Here — an acoustic theatre – Ric Lipson
December 28, 2009 | Ruairi GlynnSound is an integral part of the way we understand the space surrounding us. Size, quality, timbre, texture and the atmosphere of a space can all be inferred by the way in which we experience sound. Based on ideas … Read More
Sniff – Emergence Exhibition
December 23, 2009 | Ruairi GlynnThe final piece in the Emergence Exhibition is “Sniff” by Karolina Sobecka and Jim George. Sniff is an interactive projection: an animated dog follows passers-by, discerns their behavior as friendly or aggressive, tries to engage them and forms a … Read More
Leo Nunez – Emergence Exhibition
December 22, 2009 | Ruairi GlynnAnother piece of work from the Emergence Exhibition “Propagations” by Leo Nunez is a system of cellular automatons, made up by 50 robots. Different states emerge from this complex system. These states are defined not only by the interaction … Read More
Nicholas Szczepaniak – A Defensive Architecture
November 12, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 5 CommentsNicholas Szczepaniak will recieve the RIBA Silver Medal next month for his extraordinary graduate project “A Defensive Architecture”. I am delighted to be the first person to be publishing his work in my recently release book “Digital Architecture: Passages … Read More
Digital Architecture: Passages Through Hinterlands
October 26, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 8 CommentsDigital Architecture: Passages Through Hinterlands is a collection of provocative projects from a young generation of digitally enabled designers. This publication oscillates between the analog and the digital, from concept to realisation, mapping processes as it explores the diverse … Read More
Living Light
October 19, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 4 CommentsLiving Light by David Benjamin and Soo-in Yang (aka “The Living“) is a permanent outdoor pavilion in the heart of Seoul with a dynamic skin that glows and blinks in response to both data about air quality and public … Read More
Hand from Above
October 13, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 10 CommentsHand from Above from Chris O'Shea on Vimeo.
By far one of the most interesting urban screens project I’ve seen to date, Chris O’Shea‘s describes his public art “Hand From Above” as encouraging “us to question our normal routine … Read More
f5x5x5 – Lab[au]
October 12, 2009 | Ruairi GlynnMade up of 700 meters of aluminium, 6750 LED’s and 5060 m of cables Lab[au]‘s Framework f5x5x5 is an interactive kinetic light sculpture, extending the bi-dimensional screen space, by transposition of its pixel resolution to the physical space. Conceived … Read More
Bartlett Digital Workshop
August 24, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 4 CommentsLast minute places are still available for the Advanced CADCAM & Rapid Prototyping Training Course at the Bartlett School of Architecture in September.
The Bartlett School of Architecture has the most comprehensive digital fabrication suite dedicated to education … Read More
Digital Architecture London Conference 2009
August 16, 2009 | Ruairi GlynnI’ve been busy over the past couple of weeks putting the final touches to the first Digital Architecture London conference and I’m pleased to say that I’ve got everyone I really wanted to speak at the event to agree … Read More
555 KUBIK
August 8, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 4 CommentsI particularily like the use of sound in this architecture augmented by projection. Daniel Rossa worked with Urbanscreen to create the 555 kubik facade video projection at the kunsthalle in hamburg (germany). giant hands appear to manipulate the surface … Read More
Panopticons – Singing-Ringing Tree
August 6, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 3 CommentsAt Crown Point high above Burnley town UK the ‘Singing-Ringing Tree’ — a unique musical sculpture in the form of a tree appears to bend against the endless winds that pass over the hills. Designed by award-winning architects Tonkin-Liu. … Read More
Robo-Bricky
July 30, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentIn Fläsch, the winegrowers Martha and Daniel Gantenbein took advantage of the success of their Pinot Noir to replace their steel containers with oak barrels. They commissioned the architects Bearth & Deplazes with the design and construction of a … Read More
Situated Technologies Pamphlet 4
July 18, 2009 | Ruairi GlynnThe new Situated Technologies Pamphlet is out featuring a conversation between leading interactive architects Philip Beesley & Omar Khan. The Situated Technologies Pamphlets series, published by the Architectural League, explores the implications of ubiquitous computing for architecture and urbanism. … Read More
ResoNet
July 17, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentDesigned by Mark Francis Tynan & William Hailiang Chen, ResoNet visualises the resonant frequencies inherent in the natural environment, via the interaction of the public and surrounding elements detected by a LED net. By using Low-Fi techniques ResoNet creates … Read More