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New architectural installation responds to emotions

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Morphogenesis Lab, a team specialized in interactive architectural systems, developed Wisteria, an emotive intelligent installation that performs concurrent responses to people's emotions based on biological and neurological data. In this project, visitors can change the color and form of the installation using their brains and emotions. Artificial intelligence, wearable technology, sensory environments, and adaptive architecture were integrated to create an emotional bond between a space and its occupants. The space is filled with a forest of cylindrical fabric shrouds that suspend from the ceiling. Upon sensing the presence of an occupant, using a programmable material called shape-memory-alloy (SMA), the shrouds begin to fluctuate, expanding and contracting the volume of the space in rhythm and sequence.