Since before time, lifeforms on Earth have through necessity evolved to survive and meet the harsh requirements set down by their current environment. It was not simply a battle of the fittest, strongest or even smartest, but one of metamorphosis and adaptation.
With the growing commercialisation of, and consumer's acceptance towards technology and sustainability, we are increasingly adapting and fusing environmentally sustainable principals and techniques into products and electronic gadgets that are now integrated within everyday households. More users are utilising online shopping, social networking sites, apps etc; our attitude towards the digital age gains speed each day. The implementation of such technology into our buildings generates user friendly, interactive experiences allowing us to navigate to, around and through them, leading to the absorption of information from the inhabitants themselves.
Artificially intelligent buildings will allow Earth to be a living industrialised Pandora-esque world where we plug ourselves into the built environment via USB ports. Questioning our position win this new augmented reality: Are the buildings part of our environment or are we part of theirs?
I put it to you that humans are NOT currently evolving to meet the harsh requirements of environment, but rather changing the environment to suit the harsh requirements of their egos and foibles. Discuss.
ReplyDelete"Are the buildings part of our environment or are we part of theirs?": the 'smarter' we strive to create these buildings, the more we become part of theirs. I suggest you read 'Gridiron' by Phillip Kerr, for a fictional, yet perhaps pertinent, demonstration of this.
I do agree that there are 'characters' within the industry riding the Climate Change Express to the bank. Though in today's globalised world where the competition is harsh and the critics/standards are even harsher, it is with this increased pressure and expectation that promotes innovation.
ReplyDelete'Gridiron' by Phillip Kerr was on my reading list back at Uni and I will. Thank you for the suggestion and comment.