The architect Herman Hertzberger spent a lot of his time dedicated to research about how flexibility can be worked into architecture. One notable example of this can be the Centrall Beheer offices where static objects (desks and tables etc…) were rearranged in a modular fashion to create variation.
Recently, I saw a more modern (all be it theoretical) example of this by the MIT Kinetic Design Group for a competition proposal for Boeing. Here the space can be reconfigured by sliding elements such as chairs, tables or wall partitions up and down the space, creating varying environments.
What this got me thinking about more was that in order to provide this type of flexibility in a space you need to first define a set of ‘parameters’ that can be manipulated for change to occur. A question that I then asked myself was whether it was possible for a person to then influence a 3d model in a parametric modelling software like Grasshopper by having their actions manipulate certain parameters. After I did some more research on this matter I found an open source software called UbiMash which aims at bridging the gap between parametric modelling software (i.e. GC, Grasshopper…), physical/hardware devices (i.e. Wii remote, Eye Toy…) and Online virtual data from sources like twitter.
These examples prompted me to think what sort of parameters could be used to modify a person’s space? Could the mapping of people’s mood influence the space around them to adapt to how they feel? This could be through a combination of twitter feeds searching for different emotions of people in a space. Furthermore, you could look at the way people are navigating about a space or a combination of these and many more. Alternatively, people could manipulate certain parameters on a tablet or their smartphone to quickly change a space around them?
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