Other Matter 4.0

Does architecture always need to be physical? What ways of spatial expression, notation, extension and new awareness can be achieved and designed through media? And what role could AR play in (re)programming and extending existing spaces, in exhibition design, performance spaces or within the confinements of our own habitat? The showcased projects investigate possibilities of virtual and augmented space population through playful use of digital technologies.

The project will look at different approaches of immaterial architecture in order to develop ephemeral, audio-visual objects, structures or installations which stand in dialogue and emulate new experiences in relation to an existing architectural context and a selected artwork of Peter Weibel. A single conceptual artwork from Peter Weibel will be selected by each project team and with the means of contemporary design, digital tools and AR – re-interpreted in the setting of the Otto Wagners Postsparkasse’s main iconic cashier hall.

To see the app in AR visitors will need to download this app and follow simple guidelines

with Valerie Mauerhofer, Emma Schwarz, Lara Schnabl, Malika Sungatullina, Miguel Arturo Sardinascastro, Elena Horlau, Ali Jafari,  Zahra Kavianifar, Melanie Quintero, Hoda Balouchi, Boutayna Koubaa, Ajsa Maran Kacjan, Cassandra Quean, Yige Zhu

Supervisors: Mag. Arch. Dr. Valerie Messini, Mag. Arch. Bence Pap