Home in a Hybrid World

Whilst our outside world is modifying into a more complex and hybrid networked world, our most intimate dwelling, our home, is at risk of falling behind as for many it seems to have remained the same as it has been for many decades. This book explores what it means to have a home in such a networked world. It describes what architecture can, or perhaps should, contribute to enable a more participatory role for inhabitants. This forward-thinking book will try to answer the question - What is the role and position of technology in our most intimate locations both now and what could it be like in the future?

Martin Pot is researcher/interior-architect/writer/thinker. After Technical School Rotterdam he finished the WdKA - Academy of Arts in Rotterdam on Spatial Design; after a sidestep in digital cartography he completed the Hora Est-program at Erasmus University Rotterdam as preparation for a PhD on the subject of architecture, technology and dwelling. He has initiated and organized the six IoT & Built Environment conferences, later MeetUp's from 2011 to 2017 in Rotterdam. He writes regularly for various media about (interior)architecture, human values and technology