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Cyber Bio

2020

Type:

1:1 Applied Experimentation

Student:

Jacky Zheng

Project supervision:

Uwe Rieger & Yan Li

Programme

Thesis Project

Lab

arc/sec Lab

​INSTITUTION

University of Auckland

Cyber-Bio Architecture is a research project that explores the design of interactive biological materials and environments. In this thesis, the fundamental concepts of cyber-physical systems and internet of things are studied, to establish an interconnection between the physical behaviors, digital data and the user.

  • These concepts are applied to the creation of living materials with embedded interactive behaviors. Through the design and construction of pop-up laboratory, this thesis investigates into the architectural parameters of a cyber biological system. In this cyber-bio system, biological matter and digital information are actively interlinked through AR headsets, environmental sensors and diverse actuators.

    The project is an applied experimentation at a 1:1 scale to create a functional architectural system. Within this system, human behaviors and materials are interlinked. The manipulation of organic mediums along with its live data information point towards a new form of living architecture. Here, architecture and user establish a companion relationship, in which the architecture is fragile and requires constant care from the user.

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