[Areas/Themes Currently Being Explored]
Emergent X
The notion of emergence - be it of life, consciousness, intelligence, or any such un-foreseen/new forms or behaviors - can be applied to design (& design processes) as a method of generating/creating interfaces (virtual or physical) between the environment & its inhabitants (often competing participants), with the designer seen as facilitator rather than creator. This logic/premise is addressed (here) for the creation of new Architectures, Urban & Rural systems.
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[Areas/Themes For Future Exploration]
Interface_Logic
The 'disappearing interface', based on a singular notion ('An ideal interface is perhaps one that tends to a non-interface') as applied to process & intent, for much in the design realm today- the 'semi-permeable membranes/skins' that allow seamless integration between any two components of a system, or even between systems. Architecture/buildings that have a minimal presence between inhabitant & environment, interfaces that have minimal intervention/complexity between user & device; and perhaps are indistinguishable or even non-existent as an 'interface' once their purpose is complete- are all addressed here
Blacklab
A proposed advanced Visualization lab, for visualizing the unseen. This is based on the premise that much of what we know/live is (as yet) a 'blackbox'- the larger earth systems we are a part of, to even the bodies we inhabit, are largely unknown to us, viz the internal functioning/'mechanisms'. The research/output would address revealing systematic & critical insights into objects, processes & functions of the world around us; insights 'hidden' to our perceptual range in the everyday. The implications/applications (healthcare et al) will be addressed subsequently.
IDS | Intelligent Design-Systems
This is seen as an overlay to existing systems that we constitute, experience & inhabit; to increase/advance optimal functioning of the same. This notion arises from personal observations from our daily sphere/s of living- such as the fact that the buildings we live in do not (as yet) react/respond to the fabric of larger systems they're embedded in- be it even the house next door, the 'wiring+plumbing' that runs through them, the street they're situated on, through to the climatic changes they undergo. Another example is the ubiquitous Indian traffic jam in developing metros, where the vehicles by themselves are unaware of the flow/s they're participating in, and perhaps an embdedded swarming-logic could be of use. Taking from the sciences of complexity & collective intelligence, much can be learnt/applied to optimize such situations of everyday living.
