Media Architecture Biennale 2010 - Exhibition

Biennale 2010 Exhibition

The main objective of the exhibition is to represent the state of the art in Media Architecture. We cover a broader range of projects that have one or more of the following features:

* They form a combination of Architecture (physical spatial structure) with Media (Imagery produced on the surface or within the structure of an architecture).
* Media content forms a central part of the project. It is mostly displayed by a rather large number of integrated light sources (and in some cases also by kinetic elements).
* Content is electronically produced.
* Content is in many cases not abstract but readable or "watchable" and creates a dialogue between the building and the spectator
* In many projects the installation provides different forms of interaction which allow inhabitants to influence  the content or or even upload user-generated media, such as imagery or text.
* Most of these projects are highly relevant for cityscape and urban atmosphere.

The exhibit will cover a range of about 40 projects, which will be documented or produced in the form of prototypes, models and large-size pictures. Our goal is to present media architecture in an appropriate way. Therefore, we will place an interactive piece of media architecture, the installation ,,Boxels”, in the center of the exhibit, which will function as a space for artistic projection, as well as a point of information about project details. Visitors can take an iPad-based interactive guide that forms part of the installation, into the exhibition in order to get more detailed descriptions, photos and videos about a project. On display are projects by the following offices: UNStudio, realities:united, Adam Somlai-Fischer, Asymptote Architecture, Peter Cook, Herzog & de Meuron, Gramazio&Kohler Architecture, ETH Zurich - horao, Lab[au], Traxon e:cue, Zumtobel, Citiled, ag4 / GKD, and many, many more.