Home design computing technology for interior

Home design computing technology for interior, To illustrate this shift in thinking, imagine that our goal is to create an environment that uses pervasive computing technology to save energy by automatically controlling the heater¬vent-air conditioning system. We assume that the environment’s embedded sensors can infer context such as where people are, what they are doing, and what the inside

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Modern Home Design Interior and Exterior

An interdisciplinary team is developing technologies and design strategies that use context-aware sensing to empower people by presenting information at precisely the right time and place. The team is designing a living laboratory to study technology that motivates behavior change in context. People spend more time in their homes than in any other space. The home ideally provides a safe,

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Sekolah Hijau, Green School Bali (II)

"We are one with nature, and indeed the situation here will be much different if if there are some windows here. So I thought, they had a chance to be a conservationist and loving environment. Because they they've had experience with nature at a very young age. And maybe that could change the world, "said Lee Wood, a teacher at the school. Being on both sides of the slopes of the Ayung River,

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Villa Des Andes, Peru

Peru-based architect Juan Carlos Doblado has complete a spectacular new private house in the foothills of the Andes. With two concrete pavilions, one nestled into the shallow slope, the other cantilevered forwards across the site, the single storey building is all about simple geometry. The Los Andes House features floor to ceiling glasses and sliding glass doors, offering a unique perspective

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What makes a house a home?

In thinking about starting our interior design firm, I have been pondering what makes a house a home and not a set from a magazine shoot. What is it that gives a house warmth and personality and soul? Think about the feeling that you have when you come home to a house you love - the house evokes an emotional reaction in us, it touches us somewhere inside and we feel safe and can be refreshed.

This is the house that I, my mother and grandmother grew up in:



Just looking at the photo gives me a feeling of "home." This house is why I built a white clapboard house - it just feels like home to me. Each one of us has different things that evoke that feeling of home. The job of an interior designer is to help the client figure out what those things are and how they translate into design of the house (inside and out).

A house tells the story of a person's life, and describes the journey that one has traveled. At the beginning the house is fresh and often fairly empty, as time goes by the house develops a patina, and becomes full of the artifacts and treasures collected along the way. If you look closely, you can learn a lot about a person from his or her house - you can see what is meaningful to the homeowners and what their passions are.

In the next few posts, we will explore the things that Jane Douglas and I love about houses and interior design and we will show you some of things that we love about our own houses.

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