Greg Lynn uses Microsoft HoloLens to visualize architecture at this year’s Venice Biennale
Architecture and Urban Design Professor Greg Lynn
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Professor Greg Lynn is among a select group of architects named to represent the United States at the 2016 Venice Biennale. The Architect's Newspaper explains the technology Lynn uses in his work.
"'The biggest problem an architect has,' said Californian architect Greg Lynn of Greg Lynn Form (GLF), 'is getting from the screen into physical space.'
And so Lynn, who is also a professor of architecture and urban design at UCLA, has been using the Microsoft HoloLens at the U.S. Pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale. Assigned the Packard Plant, a historic half mile-long abandoned car factory in Detroit, Lynn and his firm were tasked reimagining the site.
The HoloLens, which is aided by tech firm Trimble’s mixed reality technology, allowed Lynn to holographically visualize and navigate the space. “It actually changes the way you think about design” said Lynn, who added that the lens meant he could fully comprehend the scale of the site, something which he achieved by placing twelve Tate Moderns into the area, by virtual means."— Jason Sayer, June 2, 2016
Read the full article at the Architect's Newspaper website.