ExoBuilding

A novel type of Adaptive Architecture drawing on personal data directly derived from people’s physiology. 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.

Publications:

Stuart Moran, Nils Jäger, Holger Schnädelbach, Kevin Glover, Exopranayama: A Biofeedback-Driven Actuated Environment for Supporting Yoga Breathing Practices, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Volume 20, Issue 2, 261-275, 2016 Springer.

Holger Schnädelbach, Kevin Glover, Ainoje Alexander Irune, ExoBuilding, ERA21, 1/2015, p.38

Schnädelbach, H., Irune, A., Kirk, D., Glover, K., Brundell, P., ExoBuilding – Physiologically Driven Adaptive Architecture, Transactions on Computer Human Interaction (TOCHI), Vol 19, No 4, 2012, ACM Press

Schnädelbach, H., Physiological Data in Adaptive Architecture, International Conference on Adaptive Architecture, London, UK, 2011

Schnädelbach, H., Glover, K., Irune, A., ExoBuilding – Breathing Life Into Architecture, in proceedings of NordiCHI 2010, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2010, ACM Press

Funded by the Leverhulme Trust.