Semantic Virtual Homes

Algorithmic Generation From Recognition Of Meanings

Personal Project
2020

The home of the future is a virtual space that connects with others.

In the near future, I imagine that humans will lose the conditions for going out of their homes andmake physical contact with others. While we can be self-sustained with automated delivery service, we will gradually lose our communication interest because of long-term isolation. Thence, our physical home boundary will be extended by virtual space so that our physical home provides basic biological needs for us, and the virtual home will fulfill our psychological desires.

Although physical contact between people is no more, they can make indirect communication through the architectural machine that automatically generates a “palace” by reading users’ recognition. The generated space reflects one’s subconscious. When space is generated, any people could visit this “palace” of other people. When others interact with this remanent of one’s inner thoughts, this interaction between users and architecture space creates an indirect channel for people to know each other.

This project uses JavaScript to create a architectural semantic generator that will generate space. It summarizes a library containing different phrase templates and conjunctions. A program was carried out with a 3-dimensional analysis on each node. Every node has a different number of ports for other nodes/connectors to connect with.

The architecture generator would recognize a person’s thought and categorize it into word. As the word’s meaning can be ambiguous, the thoughts structure and other words in context will determine a word’s associated space.

Augmented reality combines with physical homes, virtual homes, and cityscape. Since the virtual space is a reflection of one’s subconscious, a combination of large amount of virtual homes will present a representation of social collective consciousness.

Just as the colors of abstract paintings or photos can produce a particular emotion, Architecture’s colors can profoundly affect users’ perceptions. The algorithm would generate the architecture in colors which represents the mood of its owner. When other people experience the architecture, the color can have complex effects on its users’ perception.