Building Proto-ecologies
Sat 9am-6pm
Advances in artificial intelligence, robotic manufacturing, self-driving cars, drones, and other forms of mobile, incorporated robotics are about to coexist in our constructed environment. As such technologies become part of the tools applied by architectural projects, our traditional aesthetic impressions about space, form, and surface expand in order to include behavioral concerns. More active, responsive, and synergetic than ever, the material of the constructed environment has been coming to life and becoming more and more independent.
In order to offer a more practical understanding of a world that is literally starting to be built, the Museum of Tomorrow Activities Lab, along with the NANO (the Arts and New Organisms Center of the Architecture and Urbanism College of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and the Bartlett School of Architecture (UK) - through its master's degree program, the Interactive Architecture Lab -, offer the workshop "Building Proto-ecologies".
Throughout the four days of the event (check the whole schedule below), architects, designers, artists, and the general public will have the opportunity to discover a behavioral approach to projects, programming, electronics, networks, mechanics, materials, and new manufacturing methods, as well as to discuss subjects like: How will robotics change the way we build our houses and cities? How will this new responsive architecture behave? How do we construct a live architecture? What's the role of architects in a world progressively driven by responsive and sensorial technologies?
To enroll in the workshop, just fill the online form and wait for the confirmation. The event will take place in the Museum of Tomorrow's lounge, right by the Main Exhibition.
About the Interactive Architecture Lab (University College London)
The Interactive Architecture Lab is a master's degree program offered by the Bartlett School of Architecture in the University College London. The program focuses on studies about Behavior and the Interactions between Objects, Environments and their Inhabitants. The areas of interest include Adaptive Responsive Environments, Kinetic Design and Robotics, Performance and Choreography, Multisensory Interfaces, and the Internet of Things.
Schedule
April 27th
9 am: Opening ceremony
9h30 am: Introduction to interactive architecture
10h30 am: Introduction to building proto-ecologies
11h30 am: Group division
1 - 2 pm: Introduction to tools: Grasshopper, Pneumatics, and Arduino
5 - 8 pm: Introduction to tools (second part)
April 28th
9 am: Project development and final stage of the technical training
1 - 8 pm: Workshop development
April 29th
9 am - 8 pm: Workshop development
April 30th
9 am - 1 pm: Conclusion of the projects
1 - 5 pm: Conference - Bartlett (UK), LAMO3D (PROURB-FAU/UFRJ), and NANO (PPGAV-EBA/UFRJ)
3 - 4 pm: Presentation of the projects developed
4 - 6 pm: Closing ceremony
Museum of Tomorrow is an Applied Sciences museum which explores the opportunities and challenges which humanity will be forced to tackle in the coming decades from the perspective of sustainability and conviviality. Launched December 2015 by Rio de Janeiro City Hall, Museum of Tomorrow is a Culture asset from Rio's Secretary of Culture currently managed by Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Gestão (IDG). Example of a well-succeeded partnership between public power and private initiative, it has already received over three million visitors since opening. With Santander Bank as a Master Sponsor and a wide network of partner sponsors as Shell, IBM, IRB-Brasil RE, Engie, Grupo Globo and Instituto CCR, the museum was originally conceived by Roberto Marinho Foundation.
