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Amsterdam SMS by Aaron Koblin for MIT Senseable City Lab, 2012
This work is a visualization for SMS messages in Amsterdam. It is interactive using the realtime data provided by KPN Mobile. They algorithm he Koblin used is Processing and OpenGL.
OpenGL is a cross-platform programming interface that majorly used for rendering 2D and 3D vectors. One of its wide use is scientific visualization, which is shown perfectly here in this project. I personally like this project a lot because it visualizes a scientific research in a more aesthetic form. The research itself it is also meaningful. The idea of collecting the message data on New Year’s Eve shows the wide use of technology in this modern society. People rely more on communication through digital devices now. The representation of the building is interesting and aesthetic that I like it a lot.
This project is very inspiring in the way that it visualizes the useful message in a clear and artistic way. I think this method will be useful for me to do architecture research. The information visualization can help represent a lot like the site condition, the people’s access to the buildling or around and so on. It plays a very important part in architecture that I think it is very good for me to learn this skill.