Media Architecture

Alexander Wiethoff and Marius Hoggenmueller

Experiences Deploying Hybrid Media Architecture in Public Environments

1Introduction

As exemplified by Tomitsch and Verhoeff previously, the idea of augmenting public spaces with digital media, commonly referred to as Media Architecture, is no longer a future vision. We are now entering a time where actuators in the form of computer-controlled lighting and display elements are being deployed at large scales in our cities. At the same time, the coverage of high-speed internet allows manifold interaction opportunities between open data and citizens, thereby enabling the Internet of things in the public domain. In a previous chapter of this book, Tomitsch argued to shift away from the traditional view ...