Mr Ruairi Glynn
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Profile
Biography
Ruairi Glynn is Lecturer in Interactive Architecture at the Bartlett UCL. He practices as an installation artist, curator, and writer alongside his research. He has been teaching on Masters design programmes since 2007 in Architectural, Textile and Industrial Design and Research. What brings these all together is his interest in designing interaction at scales from the micro/invisible to the architectural and urban. Coming from a background in sculpture at Central Saint Martins College London and a bachelor degree in Media Lab Arts from the University of Plymouth, Ruairi joined the Bartlett in 2005 studying his Diploma and Masters in Architecture which he graduated with distinction. He went on to exhibit his work internationally and publish a number of books as well as curate international conferences on the driving force of computation within architectural design. He is now completing a PhD in Architecture (by Design) at the Bartlett.
Research Summary
In 2010 Ruairi Glynn was awarded an Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council scholarship to support doctoral research on the animation of architecture. Since 2005 he has been developing a series of interactive environments. His work examines gestural interaction between inhabitant and architecture, through the use of sensory and servo-motor actuated systems. Recent exhibitions include the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, Pompidou Centre, Paris, Los Angeles’ ‘Beall Centre of Art & Technology’, Seoul’s ‘SOMA’, Sao Paulo’s ‘Itaú Cultural’ and Madrid’s ‘International Contemporary Art Fair’, leading to a international awards including the ‘Europrix’, European Award for Digital Media and the ‘Concurso Internacional de Arte y Vida’. In August 2012 he exhibited his largest and most ambitious art work to date titled “Fearful Symmetry” at the Tate Modern in London.
He has co-edited two books ‘Digital Architecture, Passages Through Hinterlands’ & ‘Fabricate, Making Digital Architecture’ in parallel to curating over a dozen international conferences, competitions and exhibitions.
Research outputs
| Fabricate, Making Digital Architecture | 2011 | Sheil B,Glynn R |
| Digital Architecture, Passages Through Hinterlands | 2009 | Glynn R,Shafiei S |
| Fearful Symmetry | - | Glynn R |