Interactive architecture and installations are responsive to their changing circumstances using sensors, processors, and effectors embedded into their core design and structure. This means that they go beyond merely being automated, to include interactions and responses that are pure communication, placing the design firmly in the emotive and artistic realm.
Here, we bring you some examples of interactive architectural and installation projects and the people and studios behind them.
It’s not often we come across agencies that truly live up to the oft-used hype ‘pushing the boundaries’. However, when we found Loop.pH, we knew it was special, so we decided to devote a whole feature to some of its recent work.
Kinetic art is any art that either depends on movement to create the desired effect or art that creates a perceivable movement for the viewer. Some installations allow the viewer to walk in, on, or become a part of them. They usually seek to communicate sensorial experiences, which allow the artist to break barriers and often include multiple disciplines. Here are some of our favourite kinetic artists.
The award-winning restaurant group Noma has worked with BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group to create a ‘restaurant village’ just outside of Copenhagen’s city centre in Denmark.
Creating functional buildings that provide shelter from the elements is a given when it comes to architectural design, but some are more innovative and beautiful than others. Here we bring you a selection of our favourite projects incorporating shade from the sun.
Long-lost London Bridge — the medieval structure that once spanned the capital’s River Thames, is still revered for its beauty and functionality as an extension of city life and commerce with its houses and shops. The still-standing medieval Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy gives us a glimpse of what London Bridge must have been like and is one of the city’s most stunning pieces of architecture.
Architects often incorporate multifunctionality into their designs and bridges are no exception. Here we bring you a selection of bridge projects, both real and conceptual.
When we decided to look into projects based around ‘tunnels’ we thought we’d be scraping around looking for content. How wrong we were! Read on for some amazing pieces of work from architects and designs around the world that give tunnels a whole new aesthetic.
You’ll often find a maze in the grand, landscaped gardens of Europe. Originally conceived as continuous or unicursal pathways, several hundred years ago garden designers began to plant puzzle-like hedge mazes to amuse garden owners and their guests. The oldest surviving puzzle hedge maze, at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey, England, was built for King William in the late 17th century, while the modern hedge maze at Longleat House in Wiltshire, England, designed in 1978, features a three-dimensional design incorporating bridges and a grid-less layout to confuse visitors.
Of course, we take furniture for granted. And even when we purchase expensive pieces, there are usually acquired for their durability, craftsmanship and fine materials as much as for their aesthetic value. However, many artists are only too happy to work with furniture to create thought-provoking pieces and experiences.
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