Integrative Design Strategies for Multimedia in Architecture (2011)
article⁄Integrative Design Strategies for Multimedia in Architecture (2011)
abstract⁄Multidisciplinary efforts that have shaped the current integration of multimedia into architectural spaces have primarily been conducted by collaborative efforts among art, engineering, interaction design, informatics and software programming. These collaborations have focused on the complexities of designing for applications of multimedia in specific real world contexts. Outside a small but growing number of researchers and practitioners, architects have been largely absent from these efforts. This has resulted in projects that deal primarily with developing technologies augmenting existing architectural environments. Greenfield and Shepard 2007This paper examines the potential of multimedia and architecture integration to create new possibilities for architectural space. Established practices of constructing architecture suggest creating space by conventional architectural means. On the other hand, multimedia influences and their effect on the tectonics, topos and typos Frampton 2001 of an architectural space ‘multimedia effects matrix’ suggest new modes of shaping space. It is proposed that correlations exist between those two that could inform unified design strategies. Case study analyses were conducted examining five works of interactive spaces and multimedia installation artworks, selected from an initial larger study of 25 works. Each case study investigated the means of shaping space employed, according to both conventional architectural practices and the principles of multimedia influence in reference to the ‘multimedia effects matrix’ James and Nagasaka 2010, 278285. Findings from the case studies suggest strong correlations between the two approaches to spatial construction. To indicate these correlations, this paper presents five speculative integrative design strategies derived from the case studies, intended to inform future architectural design practice.
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| Year |
2011 |
| Authors |
James, Anne; Nagasaka, Dai. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 11: Integration through Computation |
| Pages |
372-379 |
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| Entry filename |
integrative-design-strategies-multimedia-architecture |
