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Architects have their own language. They speak about space in terms that seem arcane or even cabalistic to nonpractitioners, delineating elusive concepts such as scale, proportion, and balance with words like datum and enframement. Augmented Reality’s potential for Architecture is huge. “AR” is any system that overlays the real world with digital information that seemingly co-exists. We humans live in two worlds: the outer world of appearances- all of the forms of things that captivate our eye and this second world [that] is not so immediately captivating. First, walls are not merely walls, they are membranes or skins; sliding doors are permeable boundaries, [which] can draw on other senses to communicate elements of a scheme, such as the acoustics within a space. But how these things actually function, their anatomy or composition, the parts working together and forming the whole [is] hidden from our view. The second world is harder to understand. It is not something visible to the eye, but only to the mind that glimpses the reality. This “how” of things is just as poetic; it contains the secret of life, of how things move and change. With AR, multiple users share the same physical space and perceive the ‘spatial presence’ of a digital object, making it an ideal medium for collaborative problem solving. Combining the “how” and the “what” of architecture creates something infinitely more poetic, to stretch the boundaries, to break the conventions of architecture [with] compromises in construction, no throwaway spaces, and no arbitrary decisions.

Reference:

Architecture: Rus, Mayer. 2014. 'Perfect Harmony'. Architectural Digest. Accessed May 10 2014. http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-07/michael-lehrer-los-angeles-house-article.

Architectural Computing: Abboud, Rana. 2014. 'Architecture In An Age Of Augmented Reality'. ArchitectureAU. Accessed May 11 2014. http://architectureau.com/articles/architecture-in-an-age-of-augmented-reality/.

Engineering:  Rosenfield, Karissa. 2013. 'How Santiago Calatrava Blurred The Lines Between Architecture And Engineering To Make Buildings Move'. ArchDaily. Accessed May 10 2014. http://www.archdaily.com/321403/.

Credit: Photography by Roger Davies http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-07/michael-lehrer-los-angeles-house-article