Light color sound : sensory effects in contemporary architecture

Author

• Bahamon, Alejandro

Additional Author(s)

• Alvarez, Ana Maria

Publisher

New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2010

Language

English

ISBN

9780393733372

Series

Subject(s)

• ARCHITECTURE, MODERN-20TH CENTURY
• SENSES AND SENSATION IN ARCHITECTURE
• ARCHITECTURE, MODERN-21ST CENTURY

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 332-335.

Abstract

Light, color, and sound are the three elements capable of generating great sensory impact, transforming buildings into veritable mechanisms of interaction with their context and the passers-by, and this book puts these effects center-stage, covering the conceptual, aesthetic and technical implications of their application and integration into the structures. It focuses on thirty projects around the world in which sensory effects are the central theme.
American projects include: the 42nd Street Studio and The Reece School in New York; in Washington DC, Low Rez/Hi Fi, an interactive installation designed to renovate the foyer of a building at 1110 Vermont Avenue, made up of glass display cases with an LED (Low Rez) matrix and a grid of posts sensitive to the touch (Hi Fi). Each element follows the movement of passersby to program sound and lighting in real time; and Steven Holl Architects’ Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. Other projects come from Latin America and Montreal, and overseas from Taiwan and Beijing to Europe. A resource and reference for practicing architects and designers, who want to incorporate such effects in their work, the book describes the formal language of each design, its role in the configuration of the contemporary landscape, and its technical features. With 236 color photographs and plans, this gorgeous book will both inform and delight.
236 color photographs

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

335 p.

Dimension

30 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Introduction / Ana María Álvarez --
Points of view : Light, color, sound: the art of systems / LAb[au] ; New 42nd Street Studios / Platt Byard Dowell White Architects ; Entirely and interior job / Bart Loosma ; Good waves / Michela Mezzavilla ; The sound of space / Christopher Janney --
Light : Star Place, Kao-hsiung / UNStudio ; Le Prisme, Aurillac, France / Brisac González Architects ; Dexia Tower, Brussels, Belgium / LAb[au] ; Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO / Steven Holl Architects ; Tire shop, Zurich, Switzerland / Camenzind Evolution ; Watercube, Beijing, China / PTW Architects ; Spots, Berlin, Germany / realities:united ; Kubik, Barcelona, Spain / Modulorbeat ; Urban oasis, various European cities / Chetwoods Associates ; Center for Contemporary Artistic Creation, Córdoba, Spain / Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and realities:united ; New 42nd Street Studios, New York / Platt Byard Dovell White Architects and Vortex Lighting ; GreenPix, Beijing, China / Simone Giostra & Partners Architects ; Club Nox, Recife, Brazil / Metro Arquitetura and Juliano Dubeux ; Luxembourg Philharmonic, Luxembourg / Christian de Portzamparc --
Color : Didden Village / Rotterdam, Netherlands / MVRDV ; Atrium, University of Jussieu, Paris / Périphériques architectes ; Fire station, Houten, Netherlands / Philippe Samyn and Partners ; Montreal Congress Palace, Montreal, Canada / Tétrault, Dubuc, Saia et associés, and Hal Ingberg ; Els Colors kindergarten, Manlleu, Spain / RCR Arquitectes ; The Reece School, New York / Platt Byard Dovell White Architects ; Parque Explora, Medellín, Colombia / Alejandro Echeverri Restrepo ; Netherlands Institute of Sound and Vision, Hilversum, Netherlands / Neutelings Riedijk Architecten ; Agora Theater, Lelystad, Netherlands / UNStudio --
Sound : Windshape, Lacoste, France / nARCHITECTS, Sonic Forest, Zaragoza, Spain / Christopher Janney ; Center for the Dramatic Arts, Taipei, Taiwan / B+U ; Low Rez/Hi Fi, Washington, DC / Höweler + Yoon Architecture ; Chant de bambous, Chaumont-sur-Loire, France / N+B Architectes ;; Kofmehl, Solothurn, Switzerland / ssm architekten.

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