Imagine it's 2035, the Netherlands is flooded, and beyond the dry lands are sea and marshes. How do you survive in that environment? How do you deal with flooding, heavy rainfall, wildfires, wild animals?
This is what the Living Lab of the University wants to investigate. Students and researchers from all over the country have been challenged to demonstrate their solutions in practice. In an ultimate simulation mission[1] lasting a year, these brilliant minds will show how their technical ingenuity can secure the future of the Netherlands. Which team will manage to defy the elements with their solution and show us the way out?
Lumi is a climate-adaptive tiny house, designed as an entry for this competition. Lumi is a robot that makes decisions based on AI. During the performance, the design team will demonstrate the house and share their experiences so far...
Inspired by the NASA simulation missions
See here the schedule of performances:
14 ZA
sep 2024
Gogbot Festival
Enschede (with film screening at the old market from September 12-15)
How it all began
Ever since I encountered Baba Yaga’s hut through Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” I have been fascinated by the idea of a living house on legs. "Howl’s Moving Castle" and the images from the movie "Up" further fueled this fascination and pushed me to actually try building one. At the Gogbot Festival in 2014, I launched my first robot house (which looked more like a birdhouse): a small house shuffling on bird legs. In January 2024, I began working on "Lumi" – the concept was launched at B93 with an ARE-project by Monika Reut, and the production was supported by Robot Theater Lab, Creatieve Broedplaatsen Twente , and Cross-TIC.. In June 2024, the project had its first public appearance at the Heimland Festival supported by an amazing team of professional artists and makers.
How it all began
As a theater project, LUMI is built to be as realistic and functional as possible – using all the features of an (RDW-approved) trailer with 4WD caravan movers, expressive eyes, and an industrial hydraulic scissor lift. All parts have been selected with (possible) reuse in mind, from the main technical components (lift, trailer) to the building materials used.
See visually how Lumi shakes up the Netherlands Map of Lumi’s previous locations
Special thanks to
Theater Sonnevanck, Staatsbosbeheer – Kees Jan Westra, Andries Lohmeijer / Kitt Engineering, Jaap Brand, Debbie Voerman, Triple Energie – Ramon Vliesz, Stichting Assortimens and Universiteit Twente, RaM group. Living Lab, Creatieve Broedplaatsen Twente.
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For information and contact regarding scheduled performances and production with Potvis Productions
Lumi, The journey of a living tiny house
