RECONFIGURABLE HOUSE: HACKING LOW TECH ARCHITECTURE

By Usman HAQUE & Adam SOMLAI-FISCHER using sensors and actuators developed by the Reorient Team.

The Reconfigurable House is an environment constructed from low tech components that can be “rewired” by visitors. The project is a critique of “smart homes”,which are based on the idea that technology should be invisible to prevent DIY. Smart homes actually aren’t very smart simply because they are pre-wired according to algorithms and decisions made by designers of the systems, rather than the people who occupy the houses.

Originally from Networked_Performance by jo
reBlogged by michael on Apr 26, 2007, 1:41PM