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Geogames as Cities of Perception: Understanding Hybrid Spaces, in: Poplin, A.; de Sena, I.; Andrade, B. (2025): Proceedings of the 2nd Geogames Symposium – Connecting Communities through Games and Play, 9-10 June 2025 Dublin, Ireland, pp. 86-93.

Delighted that my project “Untitled #5 (2023) . DAB version” is the winner in the category “Graphic Design / Colorful Project” at DNA Paris Design Awards 2025. (No Artificial Intelligence | No AI)

The new spatiotemporal model shows correlations between place, media types, interactions in time and human perception. Various dynamic topologies of hybrid spaces can thus be represented and patterns can be better recognized. From the perspective of the media, this model conveys a new understanding of urban space.

Understanding Hybrid Spaces – Designing a Spacetime Model to Represent Dynamic Topologies of Hybrid Spaces was the title of the presentation by Dr. Wolfgang Höhl on Saturday, September 7th at the Expanded Animation Conference as part of the Ars Electronica Festival 2024 in Linz / Austria.

The complete contribution in the conference proceedings you can find here:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13382838

The computer-generated animation, the presentation and all slides can be found here:
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/SFQMC

Understanding Hybrid Spaces: Designing a Spacetime Model to Represent Dynamic Topologies of Hybrid Spaces . Now online at Cornell Universities arXiv repository.

This paper develops a spatiotemporal model for the visualization of dynamic topologies of hybrid spaces. The visualization of spatiotemporal data is a well-known problem, for example in digital twins in urban planning. There is also a lack of a basic ontology for understanding hybrid spaces. The developed spatiotemporal model has three levels: a level of places and media types, a level of perception and a level of time and interaction. Existing concepts and types of representation of hybrid spaces are presented. The space-time model is tested on the basis of an art exhibition. Two hypotheses guide the accompanying online survey: (A) there are correlations between media use (modality), the participants’ interactions (creativity) and their perception (understanding of art) and (B) individual parameters (demographic data, location and situation, individual knowledge) influence perception (understanding of art). The range, the number of interactions and the response rate were also evaluated.

The online survey generally showed a positive correlation between media use (modality) and individual activity (creativity). However, due to the low participation rate (PTN=14), the survey is unfortunately not very representative. Various dynamic topologies of hybrid spaces were successfully visualized. The joint representation of real and virtual places and media types conveys a new basic understanding of place, range and urban density. Relationships between modality, Mobility and communicative interaction become visible. The current phenomenon of multilocality has been successfully mapped. The space-time model enables more precise class and structure formation, for example in the development of digital twins. Dynamic topologies of hybrid spaces, such as in social media, at events or in urban development, can thus be better represented and compared.

Keywords: hybrid space, architecture and urban planning, digital twins, digital transformation, spatial perception, data visualization, social media, media theory.

A german version of the paper is available at Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)

Ohne Titel #5 (2022), DAB-Version 2023 made it to the title page of Deutsches Architektenblatt 12/2023.

My recent publication “Ten photographs from three series” has participated in the German Photobook Award (Deutscher Fotobuchpreis) and was included into State Library of Regensburg.

This book was also published at Social Sciences Open Access Repository (SSOAR) by GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V., Mannheim and at mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University of Munich.

My self-published book “Ten photographs from three series” was awarded with a Honorable Mention at IPA 2023 – International Photography Awards. Visit the IPA winners website here.

This book was also published at Social Sciences Open Access Repository (SSOAR) by GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V., Mannheim and at mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University of Munich.

Solar Optimized Courtyard House at Design Stage

Densified low-rise building with minimal land consumption.

Property size: 741.2 m²
Gross floor area: 295 m²
Floor space ratio: 0.40