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Mediatecture

The Design of Medially Augmented Spaces

Editors:

  1. Christoph Kronhagel

    1. Bonn

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  • Media + Architecture =
  • Mediatecture First comprehensive manual on the media facade and media spaces Perspectives, technology, and impact: numerous examples and contributions by renowned specialists

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Table of contents (41 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-11
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  3. Media Façades

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 108-109
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    2. The Pixel as an Element of the Façade

      • Jan Edler, Tim Edler
      Pages 110-129

    3. Algorithms and Light

      • Christoph Kronhagel
      Pages 130-149

    4. The Media Façade as a Dress

      • Christoph Kronhagel
      Pages 150-155

    5. The Art of Projection

      • Christoph Kronhagel
      Pages 156-165

    6. An Analog Media Façade

      • Christoph Kronhagel
      Pages 166-171

    7. Designing for Commerce in Public Spaces

      • Christoph Kronhagel
      Pages 172-179

    8. Indoor City

      • Christoph Kronhagel
      Pages 180-187

    9. Complex Layering as a Medial Principle

      • Christoph Kronhagel
      Pages 188-201

    10. Electronic Images in Harmony With Architecture

      • Christoph Kronhagel
      Pages 202-211
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About this book

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.
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Reviews

[…] [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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Editors and Affiliations

  • Bonn

    Christoph Kronhagel

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About the editor

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.
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