3D Printed Lights and Artificial Intelligence Used in Interactive 'Living Architecture' Structure

A design that takes its cues from natural processes for creation is referred to as biophilic – rather than green design, which is used to keep harm from coming to the environment, biophilic design imitates the processes that allow the natural world to survive. Biophilic design has been used in a 3D printing construction project with living materials before, and now multidisciplinary artist and architect Philip Beesley has used the design philosophy in his latest work, Astrocyte, which was recently displayed at Toronto's EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation & Technology. Beesley, of Philip Beesley Architect Inc. (PBAI), is a professor at the University of Waterloo's School of Architecture, as well as the director of the Living Architecture Systems Group. "PBAI Studio works with a wide consortium of artists, engineers, scientists, and researchers as a central member of the Living Architecture Systems research group. We explore the possibilities of next generation architecture, responsive environments, digital media and immersive sculpture," Beesley told Farmboy Fine Arts. "So we are asking, how might buildings and our environments begin to know and care about us?