4dspace - Lucy Bullivant

In the next few years, emerging practices in interactive architecture are set to transform the built environment. Whereas ‘smart' design was once regarded as the preserve of museum exhibits or Jumbotrom advertising screens, 'multi–mediated' interactive design has now entered every domain of public and private life. As a spatial medium, interactivity is revolutionising and reinventing our homes, as well as our work and leisure spaces.

This title features essays and interviews by international commentators – Ole Bouman, Antonino Saggio, Stefano Mirti and Walter Aprile, and Mike Weinstock, as well as guest–editor Lucy Bullivant – on the cultural issues raised by the emergence of interactive architecture. These are complemented by features on acclaimed practitioners: Christian Moeller, Tobi Schneidler, Ron Arad and Jason Bruges. Benchmark interactive projects evolving new models of multidisciplinary teamwork include the Media House, led by Metapolis. The issue also featuresnew work by KDa/Toshio Iwai, Tom Barker of SmartSlab, realities:united, Usman Haque, Adam Somlai–Fischer, Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen, Lars Spuybroek and the Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH, Zurich.