Carnegie Mellon, Spring 2007

Buildings with moving parts have been around since the door was invented, but recent advances in materials, microcontrollers, sensors, and other information technologies have ushered in a new generation of responsive buildings. Reconfigurable walls, color controlled illumination, windows made opaque by flipping a switch; these are elements of the new building yard. How shall we take advantage of these remarkable capabilities to craft a vision of future living?