Media Synthesis
in the physical world
Eddy Man Kim
Assistant Teaching Professor
School of Architecture (SoA)
Track Chair
Master of Tangible Interaction Design Program (MTID)
Co-Director
Code Lab (MMCH 408)
Architecture

Architecture

Design

Design

Technology

Technology

Space

Space

Material

Material

Human

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"We create to engage with people,
and engage with people to create."







Materiality
Projection One



Materiality
Student Works




Fundamentals of space making
Planes
• Imply extension
• Imply directionality
• Make a spatial boundary
• Create proportional relationships
• Connections to another plane start to define a place
• Connections to other planes start to define multiple places



Few terms to bring more refinement to your own interventions:
Composition An arrangement of parts into a harmonious, well proportioned, whole
Form The shape and/ or structure of anything, figure
Consistency Agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another, or a whole
Hierarchy A body of elements organized in a system of ranking, ordering, or gradation, according to a consistent criteria
Questions?
Media Synthesis
By Eddy Man Kim
Media Synthesis
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