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.
