What did we do?
From issues such as data collection and privacy, to the impact of the fully automated homes on our wellbeing and community connections, we translated UCL’s leading research into an immersive experience that enabled people to engage with the knowledge in new and meaningful ways, making research applicable to their everyday lives and advancing academic understanding.
Tomorrow’s Home blurred the lines between dystopia and utopia, where imagined healthcare technologies are embedded in everyday household objects and routines. Through workshops and interviews with academics, as well as members of the museum community, we created objects and spaces that captured the essence of possibilities...from an AI that recreates memories for dementia patients, to a talking toilet that can analyse your fibre intake, visitors experienced the lives of three people who share a home in Hackney – but thirty years from now.
Audiences discovered how our homes could offer greater connection to our planet and encountered new types of spaces and objects that might foster a more symbiotic relationship between our communities and the environment. Living biome walls and VR projections of the natural world explored practical, everyday solutions to the climate crisis and the possibility for future generations to enjoy a more harmonious relationship with the planet.
By placing these ideas within a ‘home’ environment, rather than a sterile lab or show-home space, audiences were better able to connect with what might be proposed to themselves and their loved ones, with a touch of fantasy and imagination to nudge them forward.
