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We meet in Yale with top philosopher Graham Harman, who belongs to the movement of speculative realism and “Object Oriented Ontology”. He defines the notion of object according to speculative realism, focusing on the particular case of the artistic object. As a professor at SCI-Arc Los Angeles, he explains how teaching philosophy can enrich architectural design.
In this interview at the MIT Media Lab in Boston, Joseph Paradiso provides us with fascinating insights on “responsive” environments. Sensors and wearable technologies provide new interaction opportunities between humans and their surrounding spaces. Building systems, rather than being actively controlled by users, are starting to infer their needs in order to create perfect conditions for their different activities, from working to relaxing. These interfaces of the future are ultimately raising the question of the boundary between humans and technologies, and how they can be augmented by it. More info here : http://resenv.media.mit.edu
Carlo Ratti is an architect and the director of the Senseable City Lab of the MIT, a research institute that develops tools through design and science to learn about cities. The internet of things allows us to manage urban systems in a more efficient way: waste, traffic, lighting, etc. The biological world is increasingly converging with digital and physical environments. As an expert of Open-Source architecture, Ratti explains how collaborative systems are essential tools to build the cities of tomorrow.