Augmented reality

Historically, architecture has been viewed through representation and abstraction based on drawings and models. The appearance of digital media and augmented reality has transformed not only the way that we portray the future, but also the way we build it. The ability to produce new digital layers of information and design in real time, and in front of the specific intervention site, helps us to not only understand a possible future reality, but also a digital reality that radically transforms the material space surrounding us. In Model, Barcelona Architectures Festival, we find five augmented reality installations on the ring-road circuit, which develop the Festival’s main themes. These installations have been designed by five international architects with speculative, futuristic visions of the city, and the general public will be able to observe this on site, by using their mobiles.