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Adaptive architecture: Regulating human building interaction

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posted on 2018-11-05, 09:23 authored by Lachlan Urquhart, Holger Schnadelbach, Nils Jager
In this paper we explore regulatory, technical and interactional implications of Adaptive Architecture, a novel trend emerging in the built environment. We provide a comprehensive description of the emergence and history of the term, with reference to the current state of the art and policy foundations supporting it e.g. smart city initiatives and building regulations. As Adaptive Architecture is underpinned by the Internet of Things (IoT), we are interested in how regulatory and surveillance issues posed by the IoT manifest in buildings too. To support our analysis, we utilise a prominent concept from architecture, Stuart Brand’s Shearing Layers model, which describes the different physical layers of a building and how they relate to temporal change. To ground our analysis, we use three cases of Adaptive Architecture, namely an IoT device (Nest Smart Cam IQ); an Adaptive Architecture research prototype, (ExoBuilding); and a commercial deployment (the Edge). In bringing together Shearing Layers, Adaptive Architecture and the challenges therein, we frame our analysis under 5 key themes. These are guided by emerging information privacy and security regulations. We explore the issues Adaptive Architecture needs to face for: A – ‘Physical & information security’; B – ‘Establishing responsibility’; C – ‘occupant rights over flows, collection, use & control of personal data’; D- ‘Visibility of Emotions and Bodies’; & E – ‘Surveillance of Everyday Routine Activities’. We conclude by summarising key challenges for Adaptive Architecture, regulation and the future of human building interaction.

Funding

This work was supported by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council [Grant Number EP/M02315X/1] and a University of Nottingham Research Fellowship.

History

School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Published in

BILETA 2018 (British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association)

Pages

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Citation

URQUHART, L., SCHNADELBACH, H. and JAEGER, N., 2018. Adaptive architecture: Regulating human building interaction. Presented at the BILETA (British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association) Conference 2018, Aberdeen, UK, 10-11 April 2018.

Publisher

British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association © The Authors

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2018

Notes

This is a conference paper.

Language

  • en

Location

Aberdeen