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B. Sommer, G. Moncayo, M. Sommer-Nawara, U. Pont:
"SolSeduction - A phyto-solar ball room";
Talk: eCaade 2015 - Real Time - Extending the Reach of Computation, TU Wien; 2015-09-16 - 2015-09-18; in: "Real Time - Extending the Reach of Computation - Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe", B. Martens, T. Grasl, G. Wurzer (ed.); eCAADe & Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, TU Wien, Volume 1 & 2 (2015), ISBN: 9789491207082; 697 - 705.

As climate and society change, customizing buildings toward specific usage patterns and local weather conditions that might be obsolete within a few years, does not seem to be the smartest approach to building design. Facing the end of readily available highly-efficient energy sources, such as oil and gas, we want to re-think the architectural environment towards a symbiotic habitat. The role of energy thus is not seen as a question of supply, but as one parameter among others that shapes the environment. A habitat relies on the physical, chemical and social interaction of different elements and organisms. The authors together with their students pursued a design research re-thinking the architectural environments towards a symbiotic habitat. Full-scale spatial prototypes as elements of such a habitat have been developed focussing on the interfaces between climate, people and other organisms, such as plankton, algae and flowers.

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Real-time interaction, Biologic architecture, Adaptability, Evolutionary algorithm