R-Ist of the week : Daan Roosegaarde

An artist working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts AKI in Enschede and received a Master at the Berlage Institute, a Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture in Rotterdam.

Roosegaarde's work explores the dynamic relation between architecture, people and e-culture. In this interaction his sculptures create a situation of 'tactile high-tech' where visitor and (public) space become one.

Currently Daan is the creative director of Studio Roosegaarde, an independent artistic laboratory in which his interactive artworks are created.

Such of his works includes, 4D Pixel(2004), Wind 3.0 (2006), Dune 4.0 (2006), Flow 5.0 (2007), Sustainable Dance Floor (2008), Liquid Space 6.0 (2009), etc.

4D Pixel

is a smart surface which physically reacts to your voice, music and shows relievo letters. This interactive sculpture is a merging of electromagnetics, software and electronics. The dynamic of the wall is made of hundreds of pixels which react on the dynamic in soundfrequencies.

This way there is a direct relation between the human activity and the appearance of the surface; in this fusion between body and machine.

Wind 3.0

exists out of hundreds of fibers which, through a merging of electronics and ventilators, move and interact with the visitor.

Wind 3.0 plays with the relation and differences between nature and technology. The hundred of ventilators stimulate this sensation straight to the skin; prepared to be blown away!

Dune 4.0 & 4.1

is a public, interactive landscape placed in the Maastunnel for the Rotterdam 2007 City of Architecture.

With its upgraded embedded technologies, this enlarged interactive artwork reacts to the sounds and motions of the people daily passing by. Dune 4.1 is a sensual layer of interaction over the existing architecture of the Maastunnel in Rotterdam, NL.

Flow 5.0

is an interactive landscape made out of hundreds of ventilators which reacts on your sound and motion. By walking and interacting the visitor creates an illusive landscape of transparencies and artificial wind.

Their most recent version of 10 meters creates a mind blowing environment. Moving through Flow 5.0 the visitor becomes conscious of himself as a collective body, in a dynamic relation with space and technology.

Sustainable Dance Floor

is an interactive floor which generates electricity through the movements of the dancing people. Studio Roosegaarde created the first Sustainable Dance Floor which uses mechanisms and embedded technologies to interact with energy.

Via interactive technologies a sensual and interactive environment is created in which dancers are engaged with the Sustainable experience.

Liquid Space 6.0

is an interactive space which physically becomes bigger, smaller and brighter in relation to human behavior. This interactive fusion of mechanisms, embedded electronics, sound and LEDs creates an organic dialogue with its visitors.

Liquid Space 6.0 had its premier show in Japan and evolves its behavior towards the visitors; creating a sensual co-existence.

Roosegaarde is currently further developing on Dune 4.2.

For what I am trying to emphasize here is the play of space given for interaction between human and technology. It does not serve a purpose but the point is that it can stop someone off the journey and Wow them off! Or even to make their day with some provided interactions. (excluding sustainable dance floor)

As for sustainable dance floor, it seems with further thoughts, we are able to innovate with the technology ability given to us! Some of our mind sets are still stickin onto solids (rocks, steels, glass..etc), what about electronics?

I still remember a quote, '3dmax is a tool'. Same theory, Technology are the tools, its up to us to deliver it or not.

Architecture is not impossible, anything can be done, it's whether you 'Gungho' anot?

P.S : Check out his Liquid 2.0! Xp

Cool points x 10!

Signing off

JonJon

sources : http://www.studioroosegaarde.net/