In
terms of architecture, there is an ever growing importance of
electronic media, and the way a surface or skin of a building is constantly
evolving [1]. Stephen Perrella coined the term
hyper surface, to name the convergence between cyberspace envisaged as hypermedia [2].
Surface in today's society tends to look for ways to improve and create better
areas, such as energy requirements in sustainability, with things
like double vented facades which look to drastically improve
the performance of buildings [3]. The importance of a
surface involves complexity, instability and flexibility of architectural programs [4]. Today, many people see the evolving building
facades as 'dressing the future'[5]. Digital
architecture tends to be leading in the way of building facades, with one
argument stating that it has to do with the fact that surfaces
challenge the traditional mode of presence of architecture as well as some of
the fundamental binary structures that have characterised the discipline for a
long time [6].
This includes the way surfaces may not necessarily define space, the distinction
between the architectural object and its surroundings, between architecture and
ground, and between architecture and landscape [7]. Things like striated,
inscribed, ornamented and architectural skin tend to speak directly to the
senses, really leaving the subject unclear about where his sensitive body ends
and from where exterior reality truly takes over [8]. In the future the growing use of
digital design and programs will continue to evolve these complex innovative
surfaces, hoping to create a more persuasive affect in alternative geometries
which have never been explored before.
[1] Picon, Antoine, “The surface as Architecture,” in Digital Culture
in Architecture: an Introduction for the Design Profession (2010):
Page 84
[2] Picon, Antoine, “The surface as Architecture,” in Digital Culture
in Architecture: an Introduction for the Design Profession (2010):
Page 84
[3] Picon, Antoine, “The surface as Architecture,” in Digital Culture
in Architecture: an Introduction for the Design Profession (2010):
Page 85
[4] Picon, Antoine, “The surface as Architecture,” in Digital Culture
in Architecture: an Introduction for the Design Profession (2010):
Page 86
[5] Picon, Antoine, “The surface as Architecture,” in Digital Culture
in Architecture: an Introduction for the Design Profession (2010):
Page 89
[6] Picon, Antoine, “The surface as Architecture,” in Digital Culture
in Architecture: an Introduction for the Design Profession (2010):
Page 89
[7] Picon, Antoine, “The surface as Architecture,” in Digital Culture
in Architecture: an Introduction for the Design Profession (2010):
Page 90
[8] Picon, Antoine, “The surface as Architecture,” in Digital Culture
in Architecture: an Introduction for the Design Profession (2010):
Page 91
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