Behrens, Moritz
Moritz Behrens is an architect and maker, an interaction designer and researcher aiming to combine architecture with human-computer interaction. In his internationally perceived work he focuses on technology-mediated interactions in urban spaces, which support citizens and communities to engage with social challenges in their city.Berkes, Christian
Christian Berkes is an urban researcher, lecturer, and publisher. He coordinates projects addressing architectures, cities, technologies and art.Wohlgemuth, Sophie
Sophie Wohlgemuth is co-founder of the self-publishing project "Heimat Zine", an editor at botopress and member of the group "Drucken Heften Laden" in Berlin. She is also a freelance lector and translator.

A panopticon that allows for its inmates to be visually observed at all times is a Sentiment Architecture. A fortified panic room that provides shelter for people to take refuge in case of a threat is a Sentiment Architecture. A participatory media installation is a Sentiment Architecture. Sentiment Architecture is not a typology. It is a function. That is why we use its plural, Sentiment Architectures. This book is many books: It features a brief media history, a fantastic fiction (by Sebastian Michael), a contemporary architectural theory, a documentation on the Sentiment Cocoon, interviews (with two of ARUP's engineers), and two essays - one on light, information and physical form (by Konstantinos Mavromichalis) and one on corporate influence in tech and art projects (by Elvia Wilk).

Content

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Editorial Notes

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Sebastian Michael: Earth Portal Report 513118-000816. A Sentiment Utopia

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Moritz Behrens, Christian Berkes & Sophie Wohlgemuth: Towards Sentiment Architectures. A Partial History

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Moritz Behrens: The Sentiment Cocoon - from Research to Practice (and Back). A Reflexive Documentation

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Elvia Wilk: Spaces for Art and Tech in and Beyond Corporate Influence. transmediale 2015: Capture All

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Konstantinos Mavromichalis: Blending Light, Information and Physical Form. An Individual Mythology

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Nigel Tonks: A Brief Interview On Responsiveness and Idealised Bodies

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Tristram Carfrae: A Brief Interview On Data Driven Design and Architecture

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Epilogue, A Quote (1970)

A panopticon that allows for its inmates to be visually observed at all times is a Sentiment Architecture. A fortified panic room that provides shelter for people to take refuge in case of a threat is a Sentiment Architecture. A participatory media installation is a Sentiment Architecture. Sentiment Architecture is not a typology. It is a function. That is why we use its plural, Sentiment Architectures.

The term is derived from a technology called sentiment analysis - a tool to identify people's emotions in language. The contents of this book try to utilise this idea and its potential for an expanded architectural theory and practice. Following this approach, Sentiment Architectures are not either positive or negative. They are part of our world. They are part of us. And that is why we have to attain a conscious understanding and handling of them. This is what this collage-like publication is aiming for. It meanders through a variety of forms to encounter this phenomenon in all its modes of existence: A socio-critical utopia, a subjective history, a real-world documentation, a satellite essay, an individual mythology, and two interviews create a picture of our world where subject and object collided and fused into one a long time ago. We think it is about time for architects to acknowledge that more actively.