Mediatecture - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3709102995 ISBN 13: 9783709102992

Publisher: Springer Verlag GmbH, 2011

Synopsis

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 facade, primarily addresses architects and designers.

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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Verlag GmbH
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3709102995
• ISBN 13: 9783709102992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Kronhagel Christoph