aether architecture - aether induction
house
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Aether induction house is an architecture prototype looking into ways of
treating digital media as physical matter.
The surface of a computer projection is unfolded onto a translucent structure,
becoming a spatial experience for the visitors. Layers of digital information,
behavior and ambience are sharing projection territories, and creating a
vision for a non-screen based computer environment.
This enhanced physical space serves as a test bed for creating a
blend between architectural and new media designs.
Process and venues
This project is an ongoing research and development process where we hope
to explore some pressing issues that architecture is facing today with the advance
of new technologies into the social realms. Exhibitions are used as a test bed for later
evaluation, how certain issues and spatialities are responded to by visitors and the
professional discourse.
Induction house (version1) was first exhibited at Mücsarnok (Kunsthalle Budapest) within
the Közben show about contemporary Hungarian Architecture in October 2003.
Distributed projection space nr1, an installation exploring precision projections,
initial concepts for induction house, will be shown at pixelACHE festival
at Kiasma, Helsinki, 2004 April.
To reach a larger, human scale installation, we are developing V2 for the ISEA2004 conference also in Helsinki, 2004 August.
Physical development images
click here for the website with extensive documentation of the development
process of aether induction house
Initial conceptual model - deconstructing the space of a projection. The
white threads represent the rays of light.
Early concept models, following the rule of the previous image, lightrays define each point, no overlaps allowed.
The setup for the exhibtion version: projection from below, computer, and sensors for electromagnetic waves and light / hands of visitors.
The sensory input was interfaced by a microcontroller clicking Morse signals on a USB mouse, which was also turned into sound output.
Images from the opening, Kunsthalle Budapest 3.10.2003
flash6 movie, 10Mb
Illustration of possible future version
Ditigal texture development images
screenshots of the intelligent texture
Construction images
Unrolled aluminum parts
Final construction of structural elements in Barcelona from steel