DIGITAL PHYSICAL
STUDIO 602 PRESENTS
TO
AN ARCHICOMIC ABOUT USING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE
IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE TIME, PEOPLE CREATED COMMUNICATIVE TECHNOLOGY, KNOWN AS THE COMPUTERS AND PHONES. THESE INCREDIBLE INTERFACES ARE USED TO INSTANTANEOUSLY CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER, ALLOWING MANKIND TO PLAN MEETINGS OR MAKE QUICK CONVERSATIONS.
OUR WORLD IS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY RESIDE. PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT PHYSCIAL FACE TO FACE CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER CREATED A VIBRANCY IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT KNOWN AS THE SENSE OF PLACE.
HELLO!
GREETINGS!
HI!
BY HUANG BANH
WELCOME!
HI
PHONES ARE GREAT!
BUT...
HOWEVER...
PEOPLE WHO VALUED ARCHITECTURE FEARED THE RESULT OF A COMPLETE TAKEOVER BY TECHNOLOGY AS MORE HUMANS BECAME ACCUSTOMED TO ITS USE. THERE BECAME NO NEED FOR PLACE TO PROMOTE HUMAN CONNECTION WHEN TECHNOLOGY ACCOMPLISHED IT.
THIS CONNECTION INVENTION TOOK A TURN FROM ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE AND HAS BECOME A DEVICE THAT DISCONNECTS PEOPLE FROM EACH OTHER. IT LOSES INFORMATION THAT CAN NOT BE QUANTIFIED IN THE TRANSLATION FROM INTERFACE TO INTERFACE ...
LAN NOT LAND! I LIKE YOU!
HI
HI
HE HATES ME!
WHAT DO WE DO!?
EVIL TECHNOLOGY!
...LOSING TOUCH WITH HUMAN EMOTIONS
CAN ARCHITECTURE MAKE PEOPLE CONCENTRATE ON THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
BUT OUR BRAVE DESIGNERS HAD AN IDEA
LIKE AN ANTI-WIFI CONCRETE BUNKER!
HOWEVER...
THIS WOULD ONLY PUSH ARCHITECTURE TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!
PEOPLE MUST LOOK UP FROM THEIR SCREENS WILLINGLY! EVIL ARCHITECTURE!
GIVE OUR TECH BACK!
DESIGNERS THEN REALIZED THAT THE SOLUTION MUST BE PASSIVE. HUANG BANH, GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, DECIDED....
TECHNOLOGY WAS NEVER THE PROBLEM, IT IS ONLY DOING WHAT WE TELL IT TO DO.
TECHNOLOGY IS INNOCENT!
INSTEAD WE SHOULD ASK: HOW CAN ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
THE PROBLEM LIES NOT IN TECHNOLOGY BUT HOW PEOPLE USE IT. PEOPLE HAVE SUBSITUTED TECHNOLOGY FOR PHYSICAL FACE TO FACE INTERACTION TO THE POINT WHERE THE DIGITAL DISTRACTS FROM THE PHYSICAL.
HUANG BANH “I TOOK A STEP BACK AND OPENED MY EYES I LOOKED ROUND AND REALISED THIS MEDIA WE CALL SOCIAL IS ANYTHING BUT WHEN WE OPEN OUR COMPUTERS AND IT’S OUR DOORS WE SHUT.” - GARY TURK
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THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM OF CONNECTION IS TO ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL FACE TO FACE INTERACTION BY MAKING THE PHYSICAL DISTRACT FROM THE DIGITAL.
BUT HOW...
PROCESSING SKETCHES DIAGRAMMING PROCESS
EACH SPHERE FLOATING AROUND IN A SPACE CONNECTS WITH EACH OTHER INSTANTLY WHEN THE MOUSE IS PRESSED AND HELD. WHEN THE SPHERES INTERSECT EACH OTHER, STRONG CONNECTIONS ARE MADE. WHEN THE MOUSE IS RELEASED, SO ARE THE INSTANT WEAK CONNECTIONS AND ONLY THE STRONG CONNECTIONS REMAIN.
! D E P O L E V E D T P E C N CO WHAT IF WE COULD CONNECT PEOPLE IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD BASED OFF OF SIMILARITIES IN REAL TIME INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL NETWORKING PROFILES IN THE DIGITAL WORLD?
CONNECTIONS ARE MADE WHEN THE NUMBER OF SIMILARITIES FALL WITHIN A CERTAIN INTERVAL.
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10 OR MORE SIMILARITIES (STRONG CONNECTION)
6 TO 9 SIMILARITIES
(WEAKER CONNECTION)
1 TO 5 SIMILARITIES
(WEAKEST CONNECTION)
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CONNECTION LINES ARE PROJECTED FROM ONE PERSON TO THE OTHER AND A SOUND NOTIFIES PEOPLE ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD.
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LOOK UP FROM THIER SCREENS AND INTERACT WITH OTHERS ABOUT WHAT THE CONNECTIONS MEANT. THE FACTORS THAT CAUSE CONNECTIONS CAN CHANGE BASED OFF OF CONTEXT. ME TOO!
WOW!
WHAT WAS THAT SOUND?
DOES HE LIKE TOP GEAR?
!?
YOU HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS ME!?
I REALLY ENJOY BICYCLING! AND YOU LIKE DOGS!?
ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, IT IS MORE RELEVANT TO CONNECT PEOPLE BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY LIKE OPPOSED TO WHICH COLLEGE THEY ATTEND.
IN DENSE DOWNTOWN AREAS, IT MAY BE ABOUT WHICH RESTAURANTS THEY PREFER. THE SAME CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE MODE OF NOTIFICATION. ALTHOUGH SIGHT SHOULD REMAIN THE SAME, SOUND COULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SMELL OR TOUCH TO NOTIFY THE PERSON OF A CONNECTION.
FISH TACOS SOUND REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
I REALLY WANT PIZZA! SUSHI SOUNDS GOOD
FISH GYROS
I WANT TACOS!
DO YOU SMELL TACOS?
Origina Image From Pearson, Gareth. "Design Your Own Long Street." Future Cape Town. October 13, 2013. Accessed February 27, 2015.
WITH ANCHOVIES!
CREATING PHYSICAL FACE TO FACE CONNECTIONS BRINGS A VIBRANCY INTO A SPACE. IT IS A FEATURE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT TECHNOLOGY COULD NEVER ACHIEVE. ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ENRICH THE PHYSICAL WORLD AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK UP FROM THEIR DIGITAL SCREENS AND EXPERIENCE THE PHYSICAL WORLD, MAKING STRONG CONNECTIONS AND CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE.
TO BE CONTINUED...