So...What would happen???
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| spandex suit to start... http://www.vashoo.com/Lady-Gaga-in-white- spandex-bodysuit-in-Paparazzi-a-197.html |
We rely that free energy would make our lives better, cheap, faster. But what about the rest; what does it really change.
In discussions for project 1 we have looked at a series of changes, some radical, in order to explore what architecture could be, but also, what architecture means, and moreover, what happens to society and culture. In business Labour, Energy and Materials are the three main inputs into any product. And if the Energy/Basic Needs are met with free or virtually free inputs, the other two become key.
Now if energy was free, energy intensive robotic labor saving devices could be employed; so labour hours would become prolific and available. Whereas Materials are finite, now there is a scope of transmutation or very high energy methods to gain rare materials such as gold and diamonds, but on the whole, materials are finite.
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| we could all be tupac... http://mycoachella.mydesert.com/2012/04/18/tupac-hologram- coachella-technology-mylar-screen-av-concepts/ |
So we imagine a world where reduction in material waste is the main driver in design and culture; energy to move, cool, heat or power a place is unlimited so all that remains is to reduce the size and quantity of things that aren't absolutely necessary, or really needed.
So we looked at cars being reduced to a small, self-driven, share-car. And thats a simple solution, but for retail/clothing, and other areas, its more complicated. Fashion chews up a massive amount of resources in manufacturing and sourcing material, where energy and therefor water is free, this is less of a problem, but the idea that we would have hundreds of pieces of clothing that need replacing every few years or so seems quite wasteful.
So I was investigating that fashion, is not about the form, but maybe it becomes about the pattern or logo. The image on the shirt rather than the shirt itself. So maybe we inprint a screen of some sort into our clothes, so when we want to change the pieces design, we just upload a new design and the piece lives on.
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| how bad a lack of power would be... http://www.prlog.org/10708988-w here-to-buy-spandex-bodysuits.html |
But even further than that; maybe like a sci-fi dream, we all have spandex suits, but using holographic projections built in to the clothing, we look like we are wearing various forms of clothing whenever we want to change. A virtual outfit in the material world. It would be awesome.
Or maybe everyone in spandex is not a good idea...imaging how bad a power-outage would look...