Media Architecture

Alexander Wiethoff and Heinrich Hußmann

Introduction

Media Architecture is a new term not yet familiar to many people. It refers to the traditional discipline of architecture, as the design of buildings, cities and public locations. However, it extends this discipline by the fusion of digital information with the built environment. The basic idea is to use information as an additional construction material in architecture like glass, wood or concrete. This form of architecture enables citizens to access information through their surroundings instead of using personal devices. Umbrella terms such as “urban computing”, “smart cities” or “urban informatics” also pursue the same basic idea but usually have a wider range of meaning.

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