The interactive installation maeve (MACE-Everyville) provides visual and
tangible access to the social and intellectual networks behind architectural
projects. The installation is part of the 11th International Architecture
Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. It is on display from September 14th to
November 23rd. The project is designed and developed by the Interface Design team of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. At the
Biennale, maeve connects the entries of the Everyville student competition
and puts them into the larger context of MACE content and metadata. By
placing physical project cards on an interactive surface, users can explore
the presented projects, embedded in an organic network of associated
projects, people and media.The installation consists of an interactive
surface and a large projection area. While users are interacting with the
contents of the installation on the interactive surface, the network and the
media files are displayed on the large projection. The ten winning projects
from the Everyville student competition are represented as physical cards.
If a card is placed on the interactive surface, a contextual space is opened
around the project. Within this space, media files, related projects and
keywords are visualized. When a second card is placed on the surface, the
space turns into a network displaying similarities between the projects. In
addition to the Everyville cards, the installation also contains
inspirational projects from the MACE repositories. These projects are also
represented by project cards and enable the visitors to connect the
Everyville projects to MACE contents. Furthermore, as the interaction with
the cards is not limited to the one person, entire groups and teams can
explore the content together.
