PROJECTION

Architectural projection by ETH Zurich students, October 2012. “Change of material” simulated with a projection on a concrete façade by Mario Campi at ETH Zurich, Science City Campus. Image © Lukas Treyer, 2012

Projection is a technology we have been using for years.It can be seen in nearly all the classrooms.I have been fascinated by projection for a long time.I believe this tech of overlapping illusion onto real world has a lot potential.

The picture attached is a experiment made by ETH students 2012.They processed animations designed by them, and projected it onto a concrete facade.It's a great experiment with wonderful effect.Decorations took place of the major part of architectural element of facade and created a fantastic view.The boundaries between illusion and real world have been blurred.

The research of projection of architecture arose many questions.First,it questioned "what's real?" in a radical way.The defining of real is based on the chemical signals moving inside our bodies our minds, that consist consciousness and feelings.That also means, these feelings are not objective and stabilized if their limits of cognition have been passed over.Not need to mention the movie of Matrix,nowadays people's knowing of human body is getting deeper and deeper,people will find out how our bodies can be functional step by step, nothing mysterious, everything is pure science.The protocol of science experiment means everything can be duplicated by other researchers, this everything includes the attempts of cheating the feelings of human bodies.

Projection has a lot of potential of cheating human eyes.If the boundaries have been achieved,we can no longer tell which is projection and which is real ,if it still maters that we should have different materials to create a high qualified space experience? we might use the most generic and high efficient material to create most generic spaces then overlap them with projections as "decorations"

What made the classic become classic? of course not the objective status of existence.If we can replaced it with projection,what would happen?
Imagine everyday you woke up and found yourself inside different classic architectures,isn't it amazing?