Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 This project was developed for a competition for an interactive art-work for the Birmingham Hippodrome theatre foyer. The piece is a facetted metallic surface that has potential to deform physically in response to electronic stimuli from the environment (movement, sound, light,etc). Driven by a bed of 896 pneumatic pistons, the dynamic 'terrains' are generated as real-time calculations. The piece marks the transition from autoplastic (determinate) to alloplastic (interactive, indeterminate) space, a new species of reciprocal architecture. [bEGIN INCOHERENT ARTFAG-TECHNO BABBLE] "The Aegis project began as a speculative idea to try to take the calculating speed of the computer out into 3-dimensional, to deform an 'elastic' architectural surface real-time in response to any electronic input. This would be to actualize the age-old dream of a dynamic and responsive architecture capable of responding physically to stimuli from its surrounding environment - the sounds and movements of people, weather, information... In giving substance to this dream we envisaged a matrix of actuators given positional information via a highly efficient bus system, and an array of electronic sensors used to trigger a variety of mathematical deployment programs. The challenge has been to bring a highly responsive mechanical system (pneumatic) to a level of articulate and fluid control through its interception by a highly performative digital control system (which we have designed and built). The goal is to utterly radicalize architecture by announcing the possibility of dynamic form, and to then explore the cultural possibilities afforded by this new traumatic medium. It is, of course, harbinger of nanotechnology - the intersection of information and matter itself… What we present here is a first realization of a HypoSpace to come…" [/END INCOHERENT ARTFAG-TECHNO BABBLE] http://www.sial.rmit.edu.au/projects/aegis/burry_024_hor.png'> http://www.sial.rmit.edu.au/projects/aegis/burry_026_hor.png'> http://www.sial.rmit.edu.au/projects/aegis/burry_029_hor.png'> http://www.sial.rmit.edu.au/projects/aegis/burry_025.png'> Videos of the Hyposurface in action. Client: The Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Design Team: Mark Goulthorpe, Mark Burry, Oliver Dering, Arnaud Descombes Technical Design/Implementation: Prof Mark Burry, The School of Architecture & Building, Deakin University, Australia with Grant Dunlop Programming: Peter Wood, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, Xavier Robitaille, University of Montreal, Canada System Engineering/Design: Associate Prof Saeid Navahandi, Dr Abbas Kouzani, The School of Engineering & Technology, Deakin University, Australia Mathematics: Dr Alex Scott, Prof Keith Ball, University College London, UK Engineering: David Glover of Group IV Ove Arup & Partners, London, UK Facade Consultant: Sean Billings of Billings Design Associates, Ireland Rubber Research: RAPRA, UK, Burton Rubber, UK Adhesive Research: Locktite Ltd, UK Pneumatic Systems/Fabrication: Univer Ltd, Bradford, UK Facet Manufacture: Spanwall Ltd, Ireland Sponsorship: National Endownment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), UK, The Arts Council, UK Art Consultant: Vivien Lovell of Modus Operandi, formerly Public Art Commissions Agency (PACA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 pretty hype stuff... for a hippodrome:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 I understood all of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uncle-boy Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 that is mind boggling. the people hitting it and it making ripples, is badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
»GLÅM¬RÖCK« Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 >AIM >>Send Message to user... >>>message: thats quite nice mamero. >>>> ctrl 5 <<<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 This is very cool, i want my floor to be made out of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bufme1 Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 Originally posted by El Mamerro This project was developed for a competition for an interactive art-work for the Birmingham Hippodrome theatre foyer. The piece is a facetted metallic surface that has potential to deform physically in response to electronic stimuli from the environment (movement, sound, light,etc). Driven by a bed of 896 pneumatic pistons, the dynamic 'terrains' are generated as real-time calculations. The piece marks the transition from autoplastic (determinate) to alloplastic (interactive, indeterminate) space, a new species of reciprocal architecture. in other words, its super dope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 very nice http://www.iuma.com/images/Band/comments-lcd-000000.gif'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 Like Wow Mayn. This is totally like blowing my degenerate, neglected wastoid mind. And I thought there would be no advancements past curly fritos. I feel like such an ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornelius Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 that's some NASA shit... good times.. makes me want to go study math and science books.... mmmm chaos and fractals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 Illustrating Dynamics..cant really tell if its nifty or dope...good shit anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 weird. tech. up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 http://www.iuma.com/images/Band/homepage-wood-000000.gif'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest socrates Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 SO, What the fuck does it do???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest L.A. Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 Originally posted by Smart pretty hype stuff... for a hippodrome:D http://www.yesterdayland.com/images/popopedia/shows/toys/ty1030.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effyoo Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Ok, let me get this straight You can input electronic signals, made from anything, and that will affect the surface, which is made from metal triangles, which is moved by hydraulics? So the uses could be...umm.. buildings that move when you walk by... ...surfaces that (if the technology advances) blend into the background? Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 totally tubular!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intangible Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 I dont see any godamn hippos in there....or is it like a magic eye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KING BLING Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Originally posted by IntangibleFame I dont see any godamn hippos in there....or is it like a magic eye? watch as my dry self attempts to gain web points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 The challenge of the competition held by the WACKY HIPPODROME was to come up with ways of giving an idea to those outside a venue of what was going on inside, without obviously giving the whole show away. A big video screen could do that better. The fact that this thing can be hooked up to all sorts of input signals makes me imagine building surfaces and installations whose tangibility and energy make the space where they sit on a lot more alive. The fact that you can take a role in shaping your surroundings in real time is quite mind boggling. It's similar in concept to Toyo Ito's Tower of Winds, but in this case a lot more accesible and a lot easier to have a solid effect on. Beer, El Mamerro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sneak Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 your selling what now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 http://www.iuma.com/images/Band/mr_songs-wood-000000.gif'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effyoo Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 bump, tell me more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 ah, i forgot about the tower of winds.................have you heard the taylor dupree savvas ysatis record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8oholic Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 i thoroughly enjoyed that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 Originally posted by BROWNer ah, i forgot about the tower of winds.................have you heard the taylor dupree savvas ysatis record? Yep, that's how I learned about it... I got the whole series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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