A Building Block Approach for Assembling Media Architectural Installations - [in]arch international conference 2014 presentation

A building block approach
for assembling
interactive
media architectural installations
Ting-Han Chen
Chang-Chih Tseng
Ching-Chih Chan
innoCirque New Media Co. Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Interiority and Interior Architecture

A building block approach
for assembling
interactive
media architectural installations
Keywords: media architecture, interactive architecture,
Interaction design, media façade, lighting design

Architecture has become an inhabitable interface that
communicates information and responds to its surroundings
thanks to physical computing technologies.
After: realities:united, Transreflex, 2013; photo: realities:united

A strand of design research, generally known as 'interactive
architecture' (Bullivant, 2005) or 'media architecture' (Schoch,
2007), has been carried out in practice by several noted
architects and artists for years…
Illustration of Responsive Architecture: A Project by Tristan d'Estree Sterk,
The Office for Robotic Architectural Media & Bureau for Responsive Architecture ORAMBRA (2005)

INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE, Paris, France (1981 – 1987).
Architecture: Jean Nouvel, Gilbert Lézénès, Pierre Soria, Architecture Studio. Image © Georges

Wall modular lighting system LivingShapes interactive wall - Philips Lumiblade

With the flourishing developments in interactive
media architecture, corresponding new architectural
compositions and designs also need to be explored
further.

With the flourishing developments in interactive
media architecture, corresponding new architectural
compositions and designs also need to be explored
further.
How can we develop a flexible interactive media architectural
system that has the ability to assemble a variety of architectural
forms to fit different site conditions?
How can physical computing technology better facilitate designers
with building blocks as they search to implement media
architectural installations in various forms?

Six-Fourty by Four-Eighty
(Marcelo et al, 2011)
Media Block Chair
by TeamLab (2012)
Tangible Pixels
(Wen et al, 2012)

Input: Infra-red sensor
40 x 40 x 40 cm
Output: LED strip
Inflatable polyurethane with a matte surface
An acrylic tube

Design process:
1. Conception
2. Simulation
3. Prototyping
4. Implementation
5. Installation

The video:
The Light Dam│iLight
Marina Bay 2012 Singapore
https://vimeo.com/39383277

After: https://www.facebook.com/pages/PieceDuino/1446536828948164

Possible applications:
1. As a communicative media
2. As an ambient awareness partition
3. As an information shelf
4. As a playful landscape

Future directions:
1. A more completed design system
2. A new type of furniture for interior design

Thank you for your attention!
Ting-Han Chen
Chang-Chih Tseng
Ching-Chih Chan
innoCirque New Media Co. Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Interiority and Interior Architecture

A Building Block Approach for Assembling Media Architectural Installations - [in]arch international conference 2014 presentation

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