Interactive Architecture | Brian Knep

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Discussion on Sentient Architecture

Please join us for the first in a series of panels and informal discussions in conjunction with the 2005-06 Harvard residency of artist Brian Knep. This discussion is hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Design and presented in collaboration with Harvard’s Office for the Arts and Department of Systems Biology, the co-sponsors of the residency.

Tuesday, January 17, 6-8 pm
Stubbins Room, George Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Refreshments will be served. Capacity is limited: Please reply to arts@fas.harvard.edu, subject line “Knep,” to reserve your place.

Among the topics that we will explore:
1. How do computational systems, embedded into our surroundings, make the spaces more interactive, e.g., give them intelligence, history, sentience?
2. What happens when buildings become aware of the people who inhabit them: who the people are, where they are, what they are doing, where they come from?
3. How can buildings respond to this awareness, and reflect upon external environmental conditions such as weather, time and other flows?
4. How can buildings make people reflect upon how they interact with each other?

Presenters will include:
Moderator: Jeffrey Huang, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Brian Knep, Artist in Residence, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, and Office for the Arts at Harvard
Pattie Maes, Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Laboratory
Antoine Picon, Professor of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Masamichi Udagawa, Principal, Antenna Design, NY
Muriel Waldvogel, Principal, Convergeo; Visiting Lecturer, Visual and Environmental Studies Department, Harvard University

The Brian Knep residency is sponsored in part by the Provost’s Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration. For more information about Brian Knep and the residency, visit http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ofa/programs/artists/pubart.htm