POTENTIAL OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR THE CATEGORIZATION OF ARCHITECTURAL OBJECTS ON THE EXAMPLE OF MEDIA ARCHITECTURE

Abstract

The paper presents an example of the categorization of architectural objects and assessment of the characteristics of urban space, based on the analysis of specific features of architectural objects and urban landscape. The conducted analysis refers to media architecture and is presented in the complex context of the development of media solutions. The field of influence of IT on architecture is also stressed, both on the architect’s work and the image of the city, including with regard to smart city strategies. A gradual simplification approach was proposed for a targeted analysis. Data on media architecture were collected and, on their basis, significant features of each architectural object and its surrounding space were identified. The qualification of representative categories of media solutions was made based on the function of the object and the role of the media architecture object in the visual structure of the space, indicating the method of determining the degree of legibility of the space for a given category. The proposed process of categorization is a starting point in the discussion about the need and opportunities to use computational methods and databases supporting the assessment of the architectural typologies and characteristics of space, in reference to urban development.