Roots – Roman Kirschner

My 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

I’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?

2001: 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

Here’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

The 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

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

Seduced by Light

Dazed Digital recently published a series of three exclusive documentaries on artists who work with light as their medium. Two of these in particular, Jason Bruges Studio and United Visual Artists are common sights on this blog, … Read More

Colour Responsive Chairs – Moritz Waldemeyer

By Royal Appointment is a set of responsive chairs by Moritz Waldemeyer. As a person sits in the chair, an RGB colour sensor in the back reads the colour of their clothing. The colour LEDs on the back of … Read More

Energy Conservation using Sensory Technologies

Video by Honda

Its always interesting seeing how large scale commercial industries have tapped into the ideas of sensory and actuator rich environments. By chance I came accross an entertaining advert by Honda, that asks what if "things knew … Read More

An Evolutionary Architecture – John Frazer

An Evolutionary Architecture by John Frazer is a fascinating book that has been out of print for some time. Fortunately it has been made freely available on the web to download and I recommend anyone who’s interesting in interactive … Read More

Burble London – Usman Haque – part 2

Congratulations to Usman Haque and his team on the second successful flight of his ‘Burble‘ project. Here are a few photos of the event which was held in london over the weekend.

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Jason Bruges Studio – Wind to Light

At the Tate last saturday Jason Bruges Studio talked about a number of their recent projects including this one called ‘wind to light’ which you may have seen featured in the press earlier in the summer, Jason described … Read More

Burble London – Usman Haque

Burble London: September 16, 2007, Holland Park, London

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If your in London, make sure you don’t miss this. I’ve heard from the guys working on this, that its even better than Usmans 1st flight of Burble at the … Read More

Flow 5.0 – Daan Roosegaarde

Its been a busy past week in London with events at the Tate and the very interesting 2 day conference on Media Architecture held at Central Saint Martins. I”ll cover these in detail over the … Read More

House Swarming – Infranatural

Commissioned for the Art Center presentation of “Open House,” House Swarming is a site-specific installation that operates as both a complex light pattern that greets visitors and as an environment-sensing device. During the day, the “swarm” of green ambiguous … Read More

Performative Ecologies – Ruairi Glynn

Performative Ecologies Film 15Mb Development of Performative Ecologies Film 25Mb Website

Well here’s whats been keeping me busy these past months. I got the opportunity to share my most recent collection of responsive environments, collectively called “Performative … Read More

Interactive Architecture Returns

After a blogging sabbatical of 3 months to focus on my own work I’m pleased to say that Interactive Architecture dot Org will now resume.  I’m going to cover a few recent projects I’ve seen, that I didn’t get a … Read More

Marek Walczak – MW2MW and Kinecity

As part of the Interactive Architecture event at Eyebeam in January, Marek Walczak spoke about his own work and collaborations with Martin Wattenberg who together make up MW2MW and his collaborations with Jakub Segen and Michael McAllister … Read More