Ada: Buildings as Organisms

Abstract

Buildings are usually conceived as expressing a static functionality where users are required to adapt to its pre-defined properties. This view of architecture is outdated. Buildings can be conceived and constructed as perceiving, acting and adapting entities not unlike biological systems. Although several existing projects have aimed at developing "smart" rooms or buildings, in most of these attempts information technology is used in a strictly local way. "Ada: Intelligent space" goes beyond this utilitarian perspective and aims to develop a space that can dynamically change its overall functionality and quality through an active dialog with its visitors.