About
Thursday, 07. 17. 2008
Concept
Exploring projects that bridge architecture and computer science focusing on network-driven information, participation, and interaction. Particular interest is given to projects that increase awareness, reflect human-activity and promote participation through semantic information gathered through the web or a sampling process and then conveyed through various mediums and agents.
A multiple power socket’s cable that glows according to energy consumption, rooftops that emit light reflecting activity within the building, using a building façade as a giant display to play pong through mobile phones or display web-promoted art-work are only a few examples of how a certain degree of information, responsiveness, interactivity and ultimately intelligence is being instilled in the environments and objects around us.
Point of Origin
Originally born as series of bookmarks, then a research which led to the necessity of filing this information and sharing it. In April 2005 the first traces of this blog took shape for a ‘closed-circuit’ of people who recommended the migration into this version. Obtaining the domain held this blog back for a few months. Still working on the migration from the previous version but hopefully will finish soon!
Name and Logo
Interacture is a portmanteau-word or a mesh between the words interaction and architecture.
The idea behind the logo is to use the ‘cursor-hand’ shape which typically signals a hyperlink while using a browser and therefore a very widespread indicator of a basic interactivity. This idea then rendered in a grid form to look like a matrix display or windows on a building face like in projects using building facades as matricial screens. (see blinkenlights and similar)
Tech Specs
* - hand-coded tweaking involved
Extensions
- Askimet v2.0 by Matt Mullenweg Contact
Contact
Email: contact@interacture.com[/lang_en]