Name: Mediatecture
Brand: Birkhäuser
Price: 68.04 EUR
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ISBN: 9783990433676

Every era creates its own style having a strong impact on architecture and space. Through the growing importance of electronic media and the services provided by the internet, the delimitation between physical and virtual spaces is becoming increasingly fuzzy. Christoph Kronhagel, a worldwide renowned specialist for media facades and technology, gives these phenomena the collective name "mediatecture", a compound of the words "media" and "architecture". His book approaches the new phenomenon methodologically, in form of elements providing basic knowledge on mediatectonic work, in particular for media facades. Together with worldwide leading specialists from the fields of technology, urban construction, computer sciences, arts and marketing, he has established a unique manual that, thanks to its focus on the media façade, primarily addresses architects and designers.

Through the growing importance of electronic media and the services provided by the internet, the delimitation between physical and virtual spaces is becoming increasingly fuzzy. This volume explores the phenomena known as "mediatexture" by looking at the basic knowledge on mediatectonic work.

[...] [T]he book is a triumph of academic substance over style. [...] [I]t is very much a technological overview of the current leading edge of this digital capability and the paradigms which guide its application and design." RIAS Quarterly (Royal Inc. of Architects in Scotland), December 2011
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The Design of Medially Augmented Spaces

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Christoph Kronhagel, born in 1958, studied architecture at RWTH Aachen. In 1991, he founded the ag4 (joint venture for 4-dimensional construction), an interdisciplinary team producing and integrating architecture in media. During his time as an associate at ag4 mediatecture company, some technical systems for media facades including Mediamesh and Illumesh were developed, awarded with the coveted RedDot and the Silver Medal of Deutscher Designpreis 2009. As of 2009, Christoph Kronhagel is an independent consultant for mediatecture.

Through the growing importance of electronic media and the services provided by the internet, the delimitation between physical and virtual 

Mediatecture

The Design of Medially Augmented Spaces

Edited by: Christoph Kronhagel