DMDN206 DESIGN AND THE INTERNET

The ‘Church of the Light’ by Tadao Ando is the piece of architecture I am going to use for this project. I love his use of light and shadows to create space and the simple geometric forms used.

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http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/churchoflight/index.htm

The interactive designer I am using is John Klima, he focuses on creating terrain via interaction. In one of his installations , Terrain 2003, the surface reacts to the light and shadow projected upon it. It is a large surface that can instantly contort and deform to shape landscapes based on 3D data sets.

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http://www.cityarts.com/terrain/index.html

I would like to take the idea from this that using triggers of light the space can deform and reshape into a new space/landscape. i will experiment with using only a change in light/shadow to give the impression of a changing, distorting space, and i will also experiment with the physical space changing.

the aesthetic I am going for will reflect tadao ando’s style of clean, simple geometric lines and shapes, limited material and limited colour but strong emphasis of light and dark contrast. it will be quite a dark space with light leading the way. interaction might occur as you walk through the space so it is constantly changing or maybe it will only happen when you are in the light.