Phase Shift  April 2011

The focus of this studio was to analyze the possibilities of emergent technologies on architecture and the human experience. Explorations and theorizations about where technology will be within our lifetimes, and beyond, were at the heart of this session.

In particular, the human brain was the setting for this journey. One field that is starting to popularize itself is the BCI – Brain Computer Interface. Appearing on mainstream media and infiltrating the gaming market, the relevance of the technology is gaining strength.

We, as students of Architecture, sought to utilize this developing toolset in ways that we could understand. The site was the technology heavy society of Japan, and the time was the near future.

Also see -images from our studio trip- and -Kinect + EEG-