Studio INI founder Nassia Inglessis on interactive architecture | Design for Life | Dezeen

In the third video of our Design for Life collaboration with Dassault Systèmes, Studio INI founder Nassia Inglessis describes how technology enables her to create spaces that interact with their inhabitants.
Inglessis is the third designer to feature in the Design for Life collaboration between Dezeen and Dassault Systèmes, which highlights designers who are using technology and research to build a better world.
The Greek engineer and designer is the founder of Studio INI, an experimental design practice based between London and Athens, and winner of the Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote for designer of the year.
"Studio INI couples rigorous scientific and design research in order to create immersive experiential environments," explains Inglessis in the video, which was filmed by Dezeen at her studio at Somerset House in London.
The practice is known for creating intricate architectural installations that respond to the bodies of visitors.
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[@NovaLand]

Reminds me of a story about Japan, that they built in squeaky joints in the floor to prevent someone to sneak in and assassinate you. Edit: It's called nightingale floor

[@IIAndersII]

thats pretty cool!

[@scouseness]

Proud to say I have walked on that 17 Metre Kinetic Structure in London Design Week 2018!!

[@elora512]

That's insane. It's like the building is physically alive

[@ChristopherCricketWallace]

...and 1000% impractical and 99.999% useless. but yeah, it's f'in sexy and cool. I can't deny that.

[@MrMorelloJr]

@@ChristopherCricketWallace imagine having such a limited worldview. experiments may become useful technology in the future.

[@geraldbal7945]

this is hiw you know if an engineer hits their head on the ceiling too many times

[@TECsta76]

Brilliant idea.. Not sure how serious it is’ but still?!

[@amadine770]

When architecture becomes fun to behold outside 4 corners.

[@b43_pranjalvyas76]

Crazy... amazing!

[@MegumiHayashida]

Shaping the future. We need to support her vision

[@johnsimonwijaya]

the next level of architecture design

[@senkynation379]

Hy 🌷 from India. Salute to technical thought

[@sheepleslayer586]

I made something similar as a kid. Foot pads activated the ceiling tiles though. You're a genius!

[@johnwilliams4349]

Really cool genius and very fun and the direction where science needs to go in.

[@Gaurr]

Muy interesante. Muchas gracias.

[@josegarza6872]

Brilliant art and architecture👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍

[@alvianbayup2750]

That is cool. And hopefully its easy to fix, cheap, long lansting and also practical that many people can use as it should be

[@thisisamirhamza]

Great concept

[@mohammedyassin8064]

Damn .. That is Amazing !!!

[@EscapeCondition]

Interesting applications for mobile housing units with shared heating etc.

[@maxrybold1531]

This is so sick!

[@aliniknam1714]

This is a very nice idea.

[@kjyhh]

It makes me imaging something everyday seems.

[@crismic1]

Awesome ♥️♥️♥️👊

[@miboogaroo]

That's amazing.

[@Alyzbane]

i wish this would be big

[@jonathanramirez3109]

The things people are able to come up with are amazing. I feel like I can’t compare lmao

[@mikemack7933]

One day mon ami

[@johannapatino6025]

Very beautiful

[@neverspreadjamonabadjer8459]

Kinetic design at its finest.

[@-E-M-M-]

I love it

[@kaylaglenn7631]

This would be perfect for my clients with autism. 😍😍😍

[@Vikinggay]

looks like the great stage with the balls, from the song contest 2015 in Vienna 😍

[@badhonebrahim7707]

Wow, thats madness

[@drzerokill574]

planning to use this idea in my thesis !! ^__^

[@evertchin]

you mean steal...?

[@neelgajbhiye3554]

@@evertchin he means attribute

[@waffelo4681]

Plagiarism

[@elle9086]

If they give the proper credits it's not plagiarism nor stealing

[@drzerokill574]

@@elle9086 ty mate

[@waiyanghew5283]

Artist

[@aiamonlylove]

It is very cool! .... However, what is the practical use for it?

[@eamo723]

A very very smart person

[@user-jf4wx1fu2s]

It reminds me a "tiny housing" of America. People trying to have little space as much as possible, so this can help them, I guess. If I'm not mistaken with idea.

[@bertptrs]

at first I thought you were right, but after a while I was thinking, you still need a full size room to expand in.

[@SKELLYPIGUETTY]

I want to see a issey miyake (homme plisse or main line) collab

[@petsRawesome1]

I wonder if you could use this principle to make a kitchen counter that is at a comfortable height for two people of very different heights (like my spouse and I).

[@funjoyknowledge3304]

Beautiful bug what is the use

[@primebrown7474]

Anyone could tell me who is the creator of this background music ? And the name of it ?

[@shubhamsharma4975]

Great

[@madhuradevani3304]

Good

[@roman2011]

Nice

[@patrickmarkduffy8286]

Very cool, perhaps people would feel more duty of care to towards a space/city if it was reactive to them.

[@AClarke2007]

Like avoiding to step on a Rake?

[@patrickmarkduffy8286]

@@AClarke2007 Sure. Like Sideshow Bob.

[@SM7Lvlogs]

It’s awesome, is it necessary?

[@thekoalakingdomshow6319]

thats a stupid question.

[@SM7Lvlogs]

@@thekoalakingdomshow6319 lol calm down snowflake

[@poppyflorist]

@@thekoalakingdomshow6319 I would like to hear your opinion on it

[@thekoalakingdomshow6319]

@@poppyflorist it's unnecessary, but that's the point

[@MrRulz-oc1pv]

cool

[@atilaroda6349]

trippy...

[@xxpatrick204xx]

Props for Instagram photos

[@hyrocoaster]

1:52 Everything amazing and interesting until this statement. Architecture is ALSO about borders. No need to exclude one characteristic, it has both closing and opening qualities, and depending on the purpose, either can be useful.

[@dominicweber]

Wow you’re such a boring person. Are you an architect of some sort? You’re exactly the type of teacher in architecture I can’t stand

[@parasburande5668]

Let's call it thresholds and not borders?

[@metroecco7908]

How do they make money for all this?

[@Sheikah_Architect]

She says "architecture shouldn't be for borders but for exchange" so she's probably funded by the trillionaire globalists. I kinda doubt that thought because they usually focus on killing art.

[@user-xh1xb3qe2q]

Ugh ... I'm fine with my bored plain structure. That 1 is awesome and exciting to had, but imagine the hurdle to put that concept for real ... how it would be easily maintained, fixed, cleaned, and powered should be put onto consideration. Unless you're really rich people wanted burn some excess money for something flashy then this 1 for you.

[@user-xh1xb3qe2q]

Well, it's all not wasteful if you can charge or earn money from people to watch this in your place ... We're in that age anyway ...

[@annabethyeung8512]

@@user-xh1xb3qe2q I think it’s more for artistic purpose than for like actual homes or commercial spaces

[@CortVermin]

looks cool, lot of thinking went into it but. what is it good for? is that art?

[@yen-8680]

Yes

[@FullMetalChains]

At present yes. In the future maybe more. Imagine dynamic space. Fitting more things in less space and having more room to spare with adjustments made according to necessities.

[@FullMetalChains]

@@johnbiscuit8272 didn't really mean it in an apartment complex. More like floors in a house. Also, doesn't it function without electricity? It's entirely mechanical.

[@yanamorim5747]

nobody: humans: let's create a small space that becomes a big space when we go inside

[@wewyllenium]

sooo.... what's the point?

[@HeWhistlesTunes]

Imagine being high forever.

[@HORIZONHUNT]

👏 it is useful for something? has any practical application? Or is it just a show of snobbish architecture?

[@wokex]

Imagine if these kind of walls and ceilings generated energy when Being moved, instead of being motorized and consuming energy like now. You could have a really funky looking building/structure that would generate energy like weird wind turbine. Haha just a thought, but my guess is that it could probably be useful with the right application and development ;)

[@rangeeli_basant2165]

@@wokex that’s a smart concept... definitely gold for the earth

[@GhostinTube]

I'm 6ft and my grandmother house is old so it's like built for hobbits. Doors are 5ft legit not joking. I need this installed at her house

[@raipriyam4359]

Better buy a new house , it will cost lesser

[@jonty4332]

@@raipriyam4359 less

[@jonty4332]

Where’s my degree in English at Bois

[@raipriyam4359]

@@jonty4332 aye thenks buddy

[@memesfromdeepspace1075]

Its like swalowed by Giant creature Vore fethises gonnaobe this

[@k4ru26]

Not so practical tho but a very cool idea

[@neelgajbhiye3554]

So much pessimism in the comments section, I'm out!

[@alienarms3479]

bye felicia

[@Pose005]

It's brilliant, but I don't see the point. A lot of time and money had to have been used to build this. Architecture has to be practical too, so this is "just" art in my opinion but brilliant in that regard. Thoughts?

[@ridamgobre6766]

you're correct. I don't see the practical usable/ functional purpose of this. Indeed upgradation and evolution can help it to use it as some functional element.

[@logofwood6461]

So she should build a house in the middle of the plaza is that what you are saying XD

[@4fashionprince]

Well , I would see placed a similar morphic "construction" under every SCAFFOLDING in Central London, for example. Where properly accounted for , while no pedestrians pass through it, allows "some" more space for the traffic, bike lanes etc. Just an idea , some more details need thinking trough obviously for that instance.

[@stephanbranczyk8306]

I agree. It's impractical right now. But this could inspire some pretty interesting science-fiction movies and possibly inspire engineers, architects, and product designers many generations from now. In that sense, it's potentially much more interesting than a typical art piece.

[@treeoflife7151]

Some mathematical concepts didn't have practical implications initially, people just went after them because they were curious which then became super important in engineering.

[@danrazART]

This is art. But if you want to use it in real world then what purpose it serves?

[@filipalija]

well it would certainly make you feel better if you are walking across living-like path, instead of the concrete, it is inspiring, yes that's art.

[@Leo-mu8kn]

Maximizing production in the forced labor prison industrial complex

[@jeremy-ws1rb]

But why

[@justingriffin2546]

I Love men with beards in dresses, it's so modern, and woke.

[@SBroadcastv]

Has Mercedes-Benz already collaborated with her? :)

[@liveliferelax3870]

How to overcomplicate things

[@anmcopico4228]

Mash fall of objects create. Ok

[@door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978]

Suddenly: electricity was cut off

[@o_o............]

It's mechanic

[@o_o............]

@@johnbiscuit8272 hmmm.. Ok

[@poppyflorist]

Yeah,, about this... What about this?

[@mlouwagie]

breath in those microplasics... looks cool though

[@southsidebronx]

"urban imprint, 2019" i did the exact same project with my group at a university in north america in 2015. can i sue her? loool

[@Z0Il]

It's a cool gimmick.

[@raybbo]

Very creative, if only she'd use that for something usefull...

[@augustyjolly7603]

Why?

[@archprep131]

Nice but no need

[@TheQuantixXx]

well its still completely useless. at this point is just hightech reactive art installations... you can‘t call this architecture. architecture is linked to function. this is structure at best, more like art tho

[@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051]

Explqin

[@id104335409]

People have real problems. This girl: yea, but what if you get bored?

[@treeoflife7151]

Sure but people gotta go after whatever they're curious about. There's no need for 100% of architects to go after 'real problems'. And I suspect that these kind of new ideas will eventually have solutions for real problems maybe for some illness..

[@1hayes1]

not sure this is a great way to spend daddy's money, but I guess it's not really hurting anyone

[@xyy9040]

im not seeing the purpose of this, since you need a bigger room to make it then smaller to make it then bigger when you are there.

[@nimethjayathilaka5808]

Why other people not see this?

[@johnoduntan5760]

Seems good. But is there any live saving sense in this? Ahh.. Lobatan

[@danielhernandezbanuelos5581]

Sorry, no

[@farcasbogdan]

Completely useless and impractical while being a black hole for finance/research/development department. Not too shabby for an art project and my compliments only go so far.

[@Z0Il]

Exactly. It's nothing but a gimmick. We waste too much money on stuff like this instead of finding solution to real problems.

[@janeas2008]

For what? Why?

[@wally7896]

what a waste of time