Using adaptive architecture to probe attitudes towards ubiquitous monitoring

The term Ubiquitous Monitoring aims to capture the unprecedented degree to which data collection will occur in the future through ongoing developments in embedded, wireless and sensory technologies. Intelligent buildings represent the most current instantiations of this technology in the form of building management/automation systems. However, there is an emerging field of research called adaptive architecture, which aims to explore more meaningful and direct interactions between occupants and their environments. In this paper, we use the experience of a prototype adaptive/biofeedback architecture called ExoBuilding as a probe to explore user attitudes towards future monitoring systems in buildings. We present results from a semi-structured interview, which encouraged participants to envision future monitoring technologies, making projections based on their real experiences with ExoBuilding.