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Thursday 31 July 2008

Form to build the database for the TIMELINE

I am doing postgraduate research in Interactive Media course at London College of Communication, University of Arts London. My focus is interactive architecture and through my research I am attempting to futurecast the direction of the next development in this field.
To be able to do that I have decided to create a database of all kinds of projects in interactive architecture field - from pure concepts which are not possible to make yet up to realized projects. From this database I'll build a timeline showing what projects in what level of interactivity were designed.

The dissertation has its deadline but I would like to publish the timeline online in interactive site for everyone to view and update. It could be used after the dissertation as a source of information for anyone who is interested in the field.

I hope you like the idea and would participate in this project!

I would really appreciate anyone's help with building the database. If you designed, know or came across of some interactive project please fill in the form bellow for each of the projects. If you don't know of any projects but you know someone that knows ;-) then please forward this form/link to him/her.

To check already posted projects, view the database here.

For the form:
According to Antonio Saggio 'there are at least three levels of interactivity in architecture'. I use them as categories for the projects. Here is the explanation of each level:
1. Interactivity within the process of architectural design process itself - 'what if', interaction generated within the computer, the realized building itself isn't interactive.
2. Interactivity which combines reality and virtuality - projection systems for example, kind of new mass-media illusionism.
3. Physical interactivity - the architecture itself changes, the buildings environment is modified according to the situation.




This form is also available here.

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