ExoBuilding: breathing Life into architecture

ExoBuilding explores the novel design space that emerges when an individual‟s physiological data and the fabric of building architecture are linked. In its current form ExoBuilding is a tent-like structure that externalises a person‟s physiological data in an immersive and visceral way. This is achi...

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Main Authors: Schnädelbach, Holger, Glover, Kevin, Irune, Ainojie Alexander
Other Authors: Hvannberg, Ebba Þóra
Format: Book Section
Published: ACM Press 2010
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1558/
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description ExoBuilding explores the novel design space that emerges when an individual‟s physiological data and the fabric of building architecture are linked. In its current form ExoBuilding is a tent-like structure that externalises a person‟s physiological data in an immersive and visceral way. This is achieved by mapping abdominal breathing to its shape and size, displaying heart beat through sound and light effects and mapping electro dermal activity to a projection on the tent fabric. The research is positioned in relation to previous work and the iterative development of ExoBuilding from to-scale to full-size prototype is described. The design process, feedback gathered alongside and observations allow the discussion of wider issues: the different scales possible, the temporal nature of the data, ownership and ambiguity of that data, ranges of control and the aggregation of data in a building context. This leads to the presentation of directions for future research at this exciting boundary between Architecture, HCI and medical science.
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spelling nottingham-15582020-05-04T20:25:49Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1558/ ExoBuilding: breathing Life into architecture Schnädelbach, Holger Glover, Kevin Irune, Ainojie Alexander ExoBuilding explores the novel design space that emerges when an individual‟s physiological data and the fabric of building architecture are linked. In its current form ExoBuilding is a tent-like structure that externalises a person‟s physiological data in an immersive and visceral way. This is achieved by mapping abdominal breathing to its shape and size, displaying heart beat through sound and light effects and mapping electro dermal activity to a projection on the tent fabric. The research is positioned in relation to previous work and the iterative development of ExoBuilding from to-scale to full-size prototype is described. The design process, feedback gathered alongside and observations allow the discussion of wider issues: the different scales possible, the temporal nature of the data, ownership and ambiguity of that data, ranges of control and the aggregation of data in a building context. This leads to the presentation of directions for future research at this exciting boundary between Architecture, HCI and medical science. ACM Press Hvannberg, Ebba Þóra Lárusdóttir, Marta Kristín Blandford, Ann Gulliksen, Jan 2010 Book Section PeerReviewed Schnädelbach, Holger, Glover, Kevin and Irune, Ainojie Alexander (2010) ExoBuilding: breathing Life into architecture. In: NordiCHI 2010: proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, October 16-20, 2010, Reykjavik, Iceland. ACM Press, New York, pp. 442-451. ISBN 9781605589343 Physiological Data Biofeedback Adaptive Buildings Iterative Prototyping Adaptive Architecture Respiration Biofeedback Training http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1868914.1868965 doi:10.1145/1868914.1868965 doi:10.1145/1868914.1868965
spellingShingle Physiological Data
Biofeedback
Adaptive Buildings
Iterative Prototyping
Adaptive Architecture
Respiration
Biofeedback Training
Schnädelbach, Holger
Glover, Kevin
Irune, Ainojie Alexander
ExoBuilding: breathing Life into architecture
title ExoBuilding: breathing Life into architecture
title_full ExoBuilding: breathing Life into architecture
title_fullStr ExoBuilding: breathing Life into architecture
title_full_unstemmed ExoBuilding: breathing Life into architecture
title_short ExoBuilding: breathing Life into architecture
title_sort exobuilding: breathing life into architecture
topic Physiological Data
Biofeedback
Adaptive Buildings
Iterative Prototyping
Adaptive Architecture
Respiration
Biofeedback Training
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