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auraLux: telekinetic pavilion

Supported by two London residential buildings is a glass footbridge which hosts a metallic neoprene sanctuary space. The pulsing sphere responds to guest’s brain activity, operating in multiple states of flux. Harnessing EEG feedback, a technique that measures in-flight brain activity in NASA pilots, brain signals are collected from sensors imbedded in furniture and fed via a processing unit to a fluidic muscle controller which expands and contracts the sphere. When guests realize their stress levels directly impact on the sphere, a state of ‘play’ is engaged, seducing them to proactively alter their brain state to leave their individual mark.

Supported by two London residential buildings is a glass footbridge which hosts a metallic neoprene sanctuary space. The pulsing sphere responds to guest’s brain activity, operating in multiple states of flux. Harnessing EEG feedback, a technique that measures in-flight brain activity in NASA pilots, brain signals are collected from sensors imbedded in furniture and fed via a processing unit to a fluidic muscle controller which expands and contracts the sphere. When guests realize their stress levels directly impact on the sphere, a state of ‘play’ is engaged, seducing them to proactively alter their brain state to leave their individual mark.

hyperLife: underground settlement

Olive trees and subterranean spring water provide the regenerative lifeforce behind a proposed underground housing settlement in Mani, Greece.

Each house shares elements of internal and external space, protecting gardens from the elements and simultaneously concealing the development in the landscape. Stone and native trees are the key materials - with each dwelling orchestrating its own solar and water collection.

hyperLoft

Pierre Lévy's seminal book Collective Intelligence envisions a collective society linked by electronic networks where citizens actively engage in the "continuous invention of the languages and signs of a community." Levy proposes that multimedia is a catalyst for social evolution. It is, he writes, "the architecture of the future".

Inspired by cellular networks and shared living, hyperloft challenges traditional distinctions between public and private by proposing a hybrid modular housing system. The system harnesses resident's collective experiences both physical and digital and weaves them back into the fabric of the dwelling, triggering retractable surfaces to customise levels of communal and intimate space. For more information download research concept and models

innerSpace

Architecture as Human Prothesis: The InnerSpace project aims to explore architecture as a model for adaptation and modification through the reciprocal exchange of information within surrounding environmental forces.

Fusing architecture with the mechanics of the body, wireless prosthetic sensors track biorhythmic variability and skin conductance, empowering the inhabitant to take mind-body wellness into their own hands, literally, triggering environmental change through fluctuating waves of mood, thought and body temperature.

LightWorks

An intelligent double skin facade changes colour according to weather conditions. The dichroic inner skin reacts to a matrix of LEDS within the interstitial space subtley altering the colour temperature of the envelope. Lightplay is controlled via roof-mounted weather sensors which react to external temperatures, wind and rain. Visitors can be 'cooled' with blue/violet in summer and 'warmed' with orange/magenta in winter. Wind speeds can alter the rate of oscillation across the surface. Summer rain can create kinetic arrays of falling light.