DATA FORMATION - Featured by CNN
Featured by CNN (article by Nicolai Hartvig)
Imagine that you could double the size of your apartment as a reward for saving electricity, water and gas. It's an idea proposed by the Seoul-based design collective Randomwalks and architect Lee Min-soo for the green redevelopment of Incheon, outside the South Korean capital.
Called Data Formation, apartments would start at 90 square meters, with a system of sliding modules stretching the space according to how much energy each dweller uses and saves. Bespoke furniture would be designed to fit the size-shifting rooms.
"I'm trying to make data more relevant to the people who create it," Sey Min, the founder of Randomwalks, told CNN. "I get a bill every month for my electricity, but those numbers couldn't really help me change my behavior."
Data Formation can be seen as part of a growing trend of architects and designers seeking to help and engage people with important issues, and move beyond the one-way communication of electronic signs and glittering LED facades. To some, architecture itself is changing.
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Short List - Incheon International Design Award, Korea
Designed by Minsoo Lee
in collaboration with Randomwalks