A visitor at the model house under a glass hood inside the vehicle, placing a token on the panel in front

SMART AGE MOBIL

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FIELD OF WORK
Digital Design
Interactive Model
Exhibition Design
Interactive Model
Interactive Model
DELIVERABLES

Interactive Model House & Media Installations

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INTRO

For the Smart Age Mobil, we created an interactive model house where visitors use symbol tokens to activate scenarios demonstrating how digital technologies support independent living.

The Smart Age Mobil is the City of Kassel's mobile information unit for digital topics: it visits the city's neighbourhoods, invites people to try digital technologies hands-on, and addresses in particular older residents and people with little experience of the digital world, so that technology can support independent living and counter isolation. It has been on the road in Kassel's districts since 2 July 2025.

The installation uses a glass-hood model house titled "Smart Haus" where visitors place symbol tokens on illuminated activation fields. Each token triggers animations on a wall screen showing how digital technology can help in different home scenarios, from energy management to health monitoring to social connection. The model is integrated into the mobile exhibition space, allowing visitors to explore the possibilities hands-on.

Key challenges

Making digital technologies accessible

Public Engagement

Social Innovation

The model house on its plinth with the blue "Smart Haus" panel and the row of round activation fields
The model house on its plinth with the blue "Smart Haus" panel and the row of round activation fields
Close-up of a hand placing a symbol token on a glowing green activation field below the model
Close-up of a hand placing a symbol token on a glowing green activation field below the model
Close-up into the model house: a kitchen and living room with a lit token field in front
Close-up into the model house: a kitchen and living room with a lit token field in front
A visitor holding the audio speaker beside the model house, a wall screen showing a room animation behind
A visitor holding the audio speaker beside the model house, a wall screen showing a room animation behind
The wall screen with an animated living-room scene, the model house and a visitor beside it
The wall screen with an animated living-room scene, the model house and a visitor beside it
The model house in its glass hood with the "SMART AGE MOBIL" screen above
The model house in its glass hood with the "SMART AGE MOBIL" screen above
CREDITS

Visuals & Animation: Xenorama
Model Design & Interaction: Xenorama
Client: Stadt Kassel, Digitale Teilhabe