The Media House Project is the result of a strategic alliance between the Metapolis Group from Barcelona, the MIT Media Lab, and the Fundacio Politecnica de Catalunya, with the collaboration of the consortium I2Cat and the Elisava Design School. In order to build a prototype of an informational house, this project tests the progression of informational techniques beyond computers, and integrates it into everyday life. As seen here, the Metapolis architects have developed an informative structure, which incorporates in just one element--a house--the physical structure and electrical and data networks that enable a dynamic and configurable link between the entities (people, objects, space, limits, networks, contents) and that which create an inhabitable environment.

Contents :
Internet / O. Neil Gershenfeld, Raffi Krikorian and Danny Cohen -- The house is the computer, the structure is the network / Vicente Guallart -- The knowledge house / Artur Serra -- Theoretical framework / Manuel Gausa -- Headline / Enric Ruiz Geli -- The media house / Ramon Sanguesa -- Visions -- Research -- Intelligent environment / Vicente Guallart -- People -- Housing X-ray I / Laura Cantarella -- I am a robot / Sophie Cornanguer -- gRAM / Susana Noguero -- Space -- Intelligent space / Ramon Sanguesa -- What is housing space like today? / Marguerita Giuffre -- Informative space / Susana Noguero -- Objects -- Housing X-ray II / Laura Cantarella -- Networks -- Metastructures / Willy Muller -- Structure versus infrastructure / Max Sanjulian -- Limits / Enric Ruiz -- Contents -- Intermediated space / Nuria Diaz Castanon -- Media kitchen / Marcos Gonzalez and Susana Juan -- Self editor / Yoel Lenti -- Play place / Marina Turro, Karina Cocho and M. Angeles Garcia -- Chromatherapy / Estela Ocampo -- Video conference - chroma room / Nadala Fernandez and Techno Trends -- Domos - house Web site / Enric Gili -- Webhouse - area 3 -- Home Web -- Production -- Implementation-building intelligence / Neil Gershenfeld and Raffi Krikorian -- Metapolis, architectural research meeting -- Presentations -- Digital day at media house -- Agenda for the informational home.