Open AccessAugmenting the bench
Author(s) -
Carola Moujan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
interstices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2537-9194
pISSN - 1170-585X
DOI - 10.24135/ijara.v0i0.491
Subject(s) - placemaking , software deployment , perspective (graphical) , storytelling , identity (music) , space (punctuation) , aesthetics , public space , function (biology) , computer science , augmented reality , human–computer interaction , sociology , architectural engineering , narrative , urban design , architecture , engineering , visual arts , art , artificial intelligence , literature , evolutionary biology , biology , operating system
The concept of augmented space opens up new horizons in street furniture design, bringing to life a new, screen-enabled generation of “smart” urban objects. Their deployment, however, is not without issues – from sidewalk cluttering to identity dilution. Beyond technological obsession and nostalgic rejection, I discuss digital placemaking from the perspective of relationships. Starting from Heidegger's distinction between things and objects, and through the case of Luciole, a network of augmented public benches, the article proposes a vision of digital augmentation that, instead of focusing on information, storytelling or function, aims at triggering urban events.