Tag: media-architecture | ArchDaily

The Sphere at the Venetian Resort Opens to the Public in Las Vegas

Maria-Cristina Florian — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 06:30:00 +0000

The Sphere at the Venetian Resort, previously known as the MSG Sphere, opened to the public with a series of concerts headlined by Irish rock band U2 on September 29, 2023, in Las Vegas. Designed by stadium specialist architecture office Populous, the project was first announced in 2018. Measuring 34 meters in height and 157 meters in width, the venue, whose building costs rose to $2.3 billion, is labeled the world's largest spherical structure, with its exterior clad in a high-resolution LED screen. The project, located east of the Las Vegas Strip and connected to the Venetian resort complex, is designed to host various events, including music, film events, and even some sports. To reveal the complete experience of this venue, new interior images showcase the intricate details and immersive atmosphere within.

Expanded Public Art within Media Architecture(s)

Sherry Dobbin — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 14:30:00 +0000

Toronto’s digital billboard-laden Yonge and Dundas Square is owned by the city but managed through a public-private partnership. While primarily hosting commercial content and activities, the spaces and screens of the square are often used for cultural events and artistic content. As cities, arts organizations, governments, and corporations increasingly seek to engage people in public spaces through combinations of media and architecture, what are some of the possibilities and pitfalls associated with their approaches individually and in concert with one another? How does media architecture modulate civic, creative, and commercial interests and impacts?

Intermedial Media Architecture

Lauren McLeod Cramer — Wed, 31 May 2023 01:30:00 +0000

The Media Architecture Biennale 2023 (MAB23) takes place June 14-15 (online) and June 21-23 (in-person) in Toronto, Canada. The event, which features keynotes, roundtables, and awards, aims to offer a platform for communities of research and practice concerned with media and the built environment. MAB23 will bring together students, academics, and professionals from architecture, art, design, urban planning, media and communication, urban informatics, and public policy to share new ideas and shape this evolving field.

Media Scapes in China: How Culture and Politics is Shaping Connected Media Facades

Thomas Schielke — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 03:30:00 +0000

Outside of China, media facades usually appear as proud individualists vying for attention at night. In China, however, you can find large groups of media facades with a common message in numerous metropolitan areas. These media facades visually merge multiple skyscrapers into a panoramic entity. But what are the reasons that this phenomenon is unique to China? And how did it start? The Media Architecture Biennale linked culture and politics to provide an answer to the emergence of media scapes in China.

Winners of the Media Architecture Awards

Jeroen Junte — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 13:54:00 +0000

The holocaust monument Levenslicht (Light of Life) consisting of 104.000 illuminating stones by Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde won in the category Spatial Media Art, the biggest category of the Media Architecture Awards. The awards are handed out in 5 categories to the best projects in the integration of displays, interactive installations and other media into architectural structures, such as facades and urban screens.

Media Architecture Awards Introduces New Category, More Than Human

Jeroen Junte — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 09:30:00 +0000

The Media Architecture Biennale 20 (MAB20) has revealed its theme: Futures Implied. It puts the focus on new ways for media architecture to improve post-covid and ecologically sustainable cities.

COMA 2020: Ibero-American Conference on Architecture Media

Rene Submissions — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 01:01:00 +0000

Comunicar Arquitectura (COMA) is an annual event that brings together specialists from Latin America and Spain in order to address essential questions for those who communicate architecture while mapping the media architecture landscape in the region.

Five Projects Awarded Prizes at the 2014 Media Architecture Biennale

Rory Stott — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The 2014 Media Architecture Biennale has drawn to a close in Aarhus, Denmark, and with it five projects have been awarded for "outstanding accomplishments in the intersection between architecture and technology." Representing five different categories (Animated Architecture, Spatial Media Art, Money Architecture, Participatory Architecture, and Trends & Prototypes), these five projects are the ones that most represent the Media Architecture Biennale's goal to advance the understanding and capabilities of media architecture.

Beyond "Things That Flicker": The Next Step for Media Architecture

Matthew Claudel — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

From November 19-22 in Aarhus, the Media Architecture Biennale 2014 held in will feature the world premier of "Mapping the Senseable City," an exhibition of the now ten-year-old MIT Senseable Cities Lab's collected works. The following essay was written by Matthew Claudel, a researcher at the Senseable Cities Lab, In response to this collection, exploring what the future holds for media architecture, and imploring it to explore ideas beyond "TV screens for living in."