Design Thinking and the Digital Ecosystem

Characterizing Smart Environments as Interactive and Collective Platforms: A Review of the Key Behaviors of Responsive Architecture

“…There are precedents for this, with interactive and collective platforms already being realized in multi-media artworks. Lee et al [ 28 ], for example, suggest two types of platforms: mobile platforms that use a MAR platform as a collective interface and situated platforms that use ubiquitous sensor networks to collect data from users and respond to their presence ( self-organizing behavior ). Particularly, situated platforms are developed by mechatronic behaviors and intelligent controls with smart sensing and even self-organizing or self-learning behaviors discussed in the previous sections, but they commonly use large “situated displays” in outdoor or public spaces.…”

“…In essence, an interactive and collective platform is the digital environment or system (hardware and software) where diverse computing or operating systems are executed, leading to architectural behaviors such as changing forms or services. The digital ecology is made up of the larger set of digital processes and products, which are facilitated by advanced ICT, including mobile and cloud computing, big data and IoT [ 28 ]. A digital ecosystem is therefore a large-scale ubiquitous system where digital actors—such as customers, partners and providers—and their interactive activities sustainably evolve [ 29 ].…”