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08 May 2005
THE ACTIVE WALL: Architecture as Interface
Something more about the interactivity of facades: A research proposal by
John K. Branner (2004), focusing "on architecture that represents
significant moments in the evolution of the wall as an interactive system
from the earliest civilizations to the most recent emerging innovation"
"In much of the world, the wall has developed from solid masonry into a system in which discrete components serve separate functions. This breakdown of tasks has progressively enabled the wall to perform as a dynamic participant in both the changing demands of the inhabitants inside the space it defines, and the environment in constant flux outside..."
John K. Branner (2004), focusing "on architecture that represents
significant moments in the evolution of the wall as an interactive system
from the earliest civilizations to the most recent emerging innovation"
"In much of the world, the wall has developed from solid masonry into a system in which discrete components serve separate functions. This breakdown of tasks has progressively enabled the wall to perform as a dynamic participant in both the changing demands of the inhabitants inside the space it defines, and the environment in constant flux outside..."
