Dynamic Light: The Media Facades of realities:united |
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| Authors: | Valentina Croci |
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Valentina Croci reviews the recent work of realities:united, who first came into the spotlight in 2003 with their media facade for the Kunsthaus Graz. She highlights how recent projects, such as the Crystal Mesh for the Iluma Building in Singapore and the exterior of the C4 in Cordoba, Spain, transcend the notion of the digital facade as billboard. Lighting is dynamically applied, in order to enhance the three-dimensional experience of architecture rather than to flatten it. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | realities:united Museum X, Mönchengladbach, Germany, 2006 C4, Espacio de Creación Artística Contemporánea, Cordoba, Spain, 2010 Tim and Jan Edler Peter Cook and Colin Fournier communicative abilities of buildings spaces and architectural exteriors that are transformed through lighting design and digital technology Santa Maria Novella in Florence (1470) by Leon Battista Alberti the speed with which we transfer information a three-dimensional grid of dynamic lights Crystal Mesh facade, Iluma Building, Singapore, 2009 Contemporary Architecture, Artistsspace gallery, New York, 2007 animated at night ‘media architecture’ Contemporary Architecture (2007) building as an “acting body” Museum X (2006) |
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