“Responsive Environments: An Interdisciplinary Manifesto on Design, Technology and the Human Experience” -book promoted by the Foundation Pesenti as part of the “Real Cities – Bergamo2035” project and the ongoing collaboration with Harvard Graduate School of Design and the University of Bergamo- was presented at the Architecture Biennale 2021.
The volume, published by Actar Publishers, edited by Allen Sayegh, Stefano Andreani and Matteo Kalchschmidt, encompasses contributions from international experts and protagonists.
Some of the projects and insights presented in the book, are on display these days (until Nov. 21, 2021) at the exhibition “Time, Space, Existence” at Palazzo Mora in Venice. The exhibition is sponsored by the European Cultural Centre – Italy, in the context of the 17th Architecture Biennale.
Abstract
What makes an environment “responsive”? The book answers this question by presenting some key concepts in the form of a Design Manifesto. Articulated critically and from the perspective of leading experts, scholars and practitioners, the ideas are explored through of real “urban visions” and design projects spanning different moments, contexts and scales, from interactive artifacts to augmented cities. Drawing on years of research at Harvard GSD’s REAL Lab, the design work of INVIVIA and other innovative practices, the book investigates the experiential aspects of our relationship with space -technologically mediated- in the fields of architecture and urbanism, design and art.
