Direct Manipulation

Authors: Matthew Blackshaw, Anthony DeVincenzi, Dávid Lakatos, Daniel Leithinger, Hiroshi Ishii For more information please contact recompose@media.mit.edu.

Recompose is a new system for manipulation of an actuated surface. By collectively utilizing the body as a tool for direct manipulation alongside gestural input for functional manipulation, we show how a user is afforded unprecedented control over an actuated surface. We describe a number of interaction techniques exploring the shared space of direct and gestural input, demonstrating how their combined use can greatly enhance creation and manipulation beyond unaided human capability.

http://kiwi.media.mit.edu/recompose/

abandoned-future-city

PRIPYAT - NICKY LARKIN from MART on Vimeo.

Prypiat - The city has a special status within the Kiev Oblast being the city of oblast-level subordination (see Administrative divisions of Ukraine) although it is located within the limits of Ivankiv Raion. The city also is being supervised by the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine as part of the Zone of alienation jurisdiction.

Prypiat was founded in 1970 to house the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers, officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and was abandoned in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster. It was the ninth nuclear-city, "атомоград" (atomograd) in Russian, literally "atom city". Its population had been around 50,000 before the accident. Annual Rate of natural increase was estimated at around 800 persons, plus over 500 newcomers from all corners of the Soviet Union each year. It had been planned that the Prypiat's population should have risen up to 78,000 in the nearest future. Prypiat had a railroad link to mYazov station (Kiev railroad line) as well as a navigable river nearby.

As architecture evolves we often assume the infallibility of modern design. San Zhi, Taiwan is an abandoned future city which shows us that jumping on trend too quickly can result in failure. Curious.

“The area is called San Zhi. There are no named architects since the whole site was commissioned by the government and several local firms. They were trying to create a posh luxurious vacation spot for the affluent and rich streaming out of Taipei. Now this is where things get weird. The local papers say there were numerous accidents during its construction, and as news spread to the urbanites of the island state, nobody wanted to vacation there, much less visit. Locals say the area is now haunted by those who died in vain and because they are not remembered, they linger there unable to pass on.” - Transim

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/abandoned-future-city-san-zhi-taiwan

http://villageofjoy.com/chernobyl-today-a-creepy-story-told-in-pictures/

Aether Architecture (est 2001) is an entity where Adam Somlai-Fischer (read full bio) creates projects in collaboration with others (aka peer production). Aether Architecture Ltd is a company as well helping the above processes

http://www.aether.hu/

Daniel Rozin Mirror

Trash Mirror from Michel Jansen on Vimeo.

Daniel Rozin is an artist, educator and developer, working in the area of interactive digital art. As an interactive artist Rozin creates installations and sculptures that have the unique ability to change and respond to the presence and point of view of the viewer. In many cases the viewer becomes the contents of the piece and in others the viewer is invited to take an active role in the creation of the piece. Even though computers are often used in Rozin's work, they are seldom visible.

http://www.smoothware.com/danny/

RESPONSIVE KINEMATICS

RESPONSIVE KINEMATICS

This is an architectural design project that began through conversations with Ron Resch in December 2008 regarding kinetic and kinematic structural systems. The goal was to create a mutable structural surface out of rigid bodies that can be controlled to adapt to changing conditions and parameters. Unlike much parametric design that is pre-adapted to a given desire, this system offers the potential for continual adjustment. While much kinetic architecture relies on elastic membranes to provide for deformation between bodies, Responsive Kinematics can maintain a constant seal throughout its transformation due to its geometric integrity. For this reason it is an ideal modular system of form, order and control with many architectural and construction process capacities.

Creators: John Hobart Culleton and Anthony Diaz

Blog link: http://responsivekinematics.blogspot.com

Special thanks for help and guidance to:
Ron Resch - http://www.ronresch.com/
Jason Johnson - http://www.future-cities-lab.net/
Arduino - http://www.arduino.cc/
CCA - http://mlab.cca.edu/

kinetic Pavilion

http://www.kineticpavilion.com/