Since the end of the XIXth century, architects' spatial desires of flexibility, adaptability, modulation, variation and interactivity have progressively been envisaged via dynamic logics.
Despite recent innovations in the field of smart-materials, the conception of kinetic responsive architecture still remains deeply anchored in a very conventional and Mechanistic approach that consists in using external machines or robots to transform structures.
Considering this statement as a starting point, this experimental research investigates the application of embedded form-changing material systems in order to minimize the use of intricate joints and actuators for responsive and active architecture. It focuses on the development of Soft Frame Electroactive Polymers, including their making process and performances.
Eventually, the aim is to design and produce an advanced kinetic prototype whose digital control offers new possibilities to envisage what we build as "machines for living".