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Augmenting The Third Teacher, Christina Hoover
Augmenting The Third Teacher, Christina Hoover
Architecture Thesis Prep
This thesis explores the formal and material design potentials of the school and contends that for it to adapt to the needs of today’s techno-centric youth, dynamic and responsive materials should be integrated to enhance the environmental quality of spaces for a child’s developmental benefit.
Interactive Music Experience, Gaetan Jacques
Interactive Music Experience, Gaetan Jacques
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
In February of 2012, alternative rock band OK Go released a music video for their song “Needing/Getting”. The video explores a creative way of playing music, by driving a car through a constructed, choreographed environment. A driving track was set up as a large musical instrument which was “played” by a car. Architects, musicians, and artist are looking for innovative ways to develop active relationships between people, music, and architecture. The traditional passive relationship of these three is static, a design that does not promote interaction or participation. If we consider, behind a performance, there is a great deal of …