Image Sampling (1990)
article⁄Image Sampling (1990)
abstract⁄Analogous to music sampling, in which sounds from the environment are recorded, distorted and used in unique ways to create music, ‘image sampling’ is the visual equivalent of a sound bite used to create new visual forms, textures, patterns and types of architecture. Through the use of image sam ling, a designer can accurately record and digitize images from the existing visual world rom the physical built or natural context of the site, from history a specific building ’ or a significant architectural monument or from previous work produced by the designer. The digital scanning process makes design information equal and uniform, as it converts all images to dot patterns of varying color. As a result the image can be transformed through numeric operations even when the algorithms are transparent to the end user. The recorded images can therefore be fragmented, combined, distorted, duplicated, tweened, or subjected to random automated operations. Because computer images are digital, they facilitate modification and transformation, unlike their analog counterparts. Merging video and image processing capabilities with threedimensional modeling permits the designer to collage visual information into new and readily editable architectural proposals. Combining image samples into new architectural concepts expands the scope of potentials available to the architect and also raises fundamental questions about issues of originality, creativity, authenticity, and the nature of the design process itself. What is original work, created by the designer, and what is merely reused The discussion of new digital imaging eventually leads to questions about design theory and ethics, in addition to those associated with computer technology and architectural form. As one works in any new medium, including the digital environment, many questions are raised about its impacts on design. Much of what is presented in this paper are early speculations on the implications of the digital technology and its influence on architecture.
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| Year |
1990 |
| Authors |
Goldman, Glenn; Zdepski, Stephen. |
| Issue |
From Research to Practice |
| Pages |
21-28 |
| Library link |
J. Peter Jordan, 1990. bib⁄From Research to Practice. ACADIA. |
| Entry filename |
image-sampling |
