Becoming-with, Encounters in an Augmented Garden

Architecture as Inhabitable Media Object

Authors

  • Cenk Güzelis ./studio3, Institute for experimental architecture, Universität Innsbruck
  • Anna Pompermaier ./studio3, Institute for experimental architecture, Universität Innsbruck

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/sobre.v10i.26961

Keywords:

Hybrid spaces, spatial-internet, spatial-interfaces, embodied-telepresence, Architecture as a Inhabitable Media Object

Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of spatial computing, Web 2.0, social networks, and high bandwidths on contemporary architecture. It explores how these developments converge communication technologies and physical spaces, enabling three-dimensional virtual inhabitation. This paradigm shift has given rise to virtual communities and hybrid spatial sociability, challenging traditional notions of architecture as static and isolated. The paper presents a practice-led Ph.D. research project, Becoming-with, which unfolds a site-specific mixed reality installation in Giardini Margherita, Bologna. It examines the potential to cultivate a spatial milieu that integrates digital information with physical space, creating a hybridized socio-spatial experience. The paper discusses the interplay between architecture and media, highlighting the implications of designing social mixed-reality spaces on architectural environments. Ultimately, it explores the emergence of a transformative and immersive architectural spatiality, shaped by new media technologies and the Internet.

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Author Biography

Anna Pompermaier, ./studio3, Institute for experimental architecture, Universität Innsbruck

 

 

 

 

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An excerpt from the Becoming-with Installation: symbiotic sensory experience of the garden through extended full body avatars,

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Published

2024-01-31

How to Cite

Güzelis, C. and Pompermaier, A. (2024) “Becoming-with, Encounters in an Augmented Garden : Architecture as Inhabitable Media Object”, SOBRE, 10, pp. 97–108. doi: 10.30827/sobre.v10i.26961.

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