FUTURE HOME: Intelligent Comfort

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FUTURE HOME Intelligent Comfort
Prof.George Teodorescu Head Master of Design-
Integral Studies, State Academy of Visual Arts,
Stuttgart, Germany Director International
Institute for Integral Design, Lohmar Germany
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FUTURE HOME Intelligent Comfort
In domain of comfort of human activities, home as
a group of sensorial environments may have a
central system, in order to ? perceive
presence ? record behaviour ? interpret habits ?
know human needs ? support human comfort
S T E A D
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FUTURE HOME Intelligent Comfort
? perceive presence
home knows who, where, what through its sensors
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FUTURE HOME Intelligent Comfort
? record behaviour
mapping out what is going on in terms of
positional coordination, environmental/physical
condition, information transfere, time
management, etc.
e.g. Time management
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FUTURE HOME Intelligent Comfort
? record behaviour
mapping out what is going on in terms of
positional coordination, environmental/physical
condition, information transfere, time
management, etc.
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FUTURE HOME Intelligent Comfort
? interpret habits
describing profiles of activities and driving the
vectors
Home away from Home
Individuality, Competition
Decreasing population Aging population Loneliness
Extensive travel Vacation
Living outdoors Nature involvement Wide
space Decoration Hobby focus Big escape radius
e.g. Interpretation of Time management
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FUTURE HOME Intelligent Comfort
? know human needs
discretely adjusting the optimal physical
environments such as temperature, humidity,
brightness, air quality
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FUTURE HOME Intelligent Comfort
? know human needs
discretely adjusting the optimal physical
environments such as temperature, humidity,
brightness, air quality
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FUTURE HOME Intelligent Comfort
? support human comfort
so that human concentrates on spiritual values
and in the future
The multicultural influences, however, have
resulted and will more result in changing
features of human habits, so the solutions for
contemporary and future should account for them