ABSTRACT
Recent examples of responsive environments denote a reciprocal relationship between the human and the machine, where the environment and the participant are considered as responding to each other and to the relations defined between them. This reciprocal condition is attained through machinic approaches, which alter the definition of the machine as mechanism, and consider the human and the machine as actively participating in the interaction process. In order to take full potential of this approach, and continue this reciprocal relationship, the designer of the process weakens the control over the process and embrace unpredictability. The paper considers the potentials of this approach, which offer the production of new conditions and relations while initiating significant methodological transformations in architectural design practice.
