An Installation on the Digital Age

Very briefly,  this would be an interesting piece (courtesy of Architectural Record) by OTA+ and UTSOA (you may recall from ACADIA) that those of you looking at commentary on the digital and physical issues pertaining to social engagement might find as inspiring. Though not a building, the Caret 6 project (and to a lesser degree the Waller Wall in the same article) brings about commentary from David Epstein that is notable: "In the digital age, people still have a need to connect with each other on a human level, and the human component is the utmost basic element of architecture."

Kinect-ing positions

As some of you were interested in the mediation between virtual and physical realms via technology (in particular the Kinect), here are a few leading-edge developments that were discussed yesterday:

X-Ray Kinect
The use of the Kinect may lay the path of not only interface but also virtualized visualization.

Kinect as Physical Interface
The inForm project has caught a lot of interest in the media in particular the architectural/interior design industry.