Corridor
Corridor is a roof top apartment in Berlin Mitte. A stretched and winding space
is running through the entire apartment. However it is not just a connecting
space for circulation or direction by separation of individual rooms: instead of it
becomes the main space for this apartment. Independent from any formal
references of its context and from any conventional floor plan, corridor allowes
for further abstraction of spatial qualities. All adjacent rooms function
supplementarily as spaces for retreat.
corridor proposes a prototype for a space which is not defined by fixed
programmatic or spatial qualities, but provides a “space of possibilities”
through smart infrastructure and technological features. In this case study,
comforting means serving continuously changing needs and moods of the
inhabitant. Areas of defined functions dissolve for the benefit of living zones.
The sliding ‘smart walls’ are saturated with a sound system, video- and
projection equipment, motion sensors and intelligent lighting system.
Specifically developed reflection paint allows high quality projection directly
onton the walls. corridor turns itself into an active surface of moving images
where video realities cannot be seperated from the real space itself. Light and
sound are generating multiple zones: sound.clouds and light.noise pulsate
throughout the corridor.
Walls and ceilings are coated with after-glowing colour. This way at night
corridor is changed into a graphic photonic copy that fades out slowly in
darkness. Architectonic strategies borrowed from safety and security are
newly interpreted and extended. Textile surfaces like furniture, curtains, table
cloths and selected clothing made of self glowing fabric transform the user
into a dark silouette or negative form. Like in cases of power faliure or fire the
effect of after glowing turns into space coordinates replacing the real space by
a temporary light image.
Diagram of the corridor as wind channel: corridor turns the interior of the
living area into a dynamic space sequence connecting it to the exterior micro
climate.
light.noise
light.noise is a pixel grid light integrated into the ceiling. Single light spots can
be directed and guided over a graphic - system, showing e.g. text like weather
and outside climate information or other patterns. A soundsystem generates
and coordinates constellations of black.holes, light.nings, search.lights und
light.codings.
„Corridor“ wird zum Prototypen eines Raumes, der räumlich und funktional nicht festgelegt ist, aber durch sein Angebot an Technologie und Infrastruktur einen „Möglichkeitsraum“ anbietet. „Comforting“ heißt hier, den unvorhersehbaren und sich ständig wandelnden Nutzungs- und Stimmungsansprüchen des Bewohners die notwendige Anpassungsfähigkeit bereitzustellen. Im Korridor verändern sich die Funktionsbereiche in Zonierungen. Die gleitenden Wände sind als `smart walls´ von einem Soundsystem, Video- und Projektionsequipment, Bewegungssensorik und einer intelligenten Lichtsteuerung durchdrungen. Speziell entwickelte Reflektionsfarbe erlaubt Projektionen höchster Leuchtqualität direkt auf die Wände, womit der Raum selbst zur Aktivoberfläche bewegter Bilder wird und Videos nicht als Bildrealitäten vom Raum separiert bleiben. Licht und Ton gestalten die verschiedenen Zonen, „Sound/Clouds“ und „Light/Noise“ pulsieren durch den Korridor.
