The+dis-appearance+of+Technology+and+re-appearance+of+Nature

The dis-appearance of Technology and re-appearance of Nature
Stefano Andreani

**Research Theme's Short Abstract****:**

In the realm of contemporary responsive environments, technology is often an evident feature for the user that is involved in the spatial, sensorial, or interactive experience. Although essential for enabling its realization, technology is however perceived as a non-natural phenomenon, almost at the opposite extreme of what we generally refer to Nature. But what if technology, instead, hides itself for enhancing and making manifest certain characteristics of the natural world? This series of case studies demonstrates how technology can be used to promote, simulate, or recreate responsive natural phenomena that engage the user in such a way that the adopted techniques are almost not perceived anymore. This //disappearance// of technology then allows for the //reappearance// of nature at the eyes of the user, who is somehow detached from the role of technology in favor of an immersive experiences of natural – or hyper-natural – phenomenon.

01. Cloudscapes, by Transsolar + Tetsuo Kondo architects

02. Hylozoic Ground, by Philip Beesly and Rachel Armstrong

03. H.O.R.T.U.S., by ecoLogicStudio

04. Warped, by Matthew Hume

05. Interactive Curtain, by Hyperbody

06. Reef, by Rob Ley

07. Shoal, by Troika

08. Techno-Naturology, by Elain Ng yan Ling

09. Micro Synergetics, by Sascha Bohnenberger

10. Still Life, by Scott garner