Zoe Wong, Celine Li The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
HKT Smart Living Design Award - Bronze (Student Category)
Project: Tech - O
Tech - O
Smart living design
Tech-O is the name of an arrangement by which smart devices connect to a central system. For example, occupants can preset kitchen commands so smart appliances such as a coffee machine and toaster form a "breakfast partnership" every morning.
In the bedroom, mix-and-match preferences are recorded in a smart wardrobe database, so styling suggestions can be offered according to occasion, mood and weather forecast.
A multi-function zone comes complete with a smart gym system that provides personal trainer-like workout and yoga tutorials based on health requirements.
Tech-O is also green. For example, a smart sink crushes dining leftovers to use as fertilizer for plants.
A ceiling-mounted smart digital screen in the multi-function zone provides actual-time images of the sky to connect with the environment outside.
Interior design
Two sets of sliding panels between the bedroom and kitchen can be adjusted to create more space whenever necessary.
The bedroom is also a multi-functional area, thanks to a transformable platform that turns this living space into a tea room, work area or even a home movie theater.