Natura Vue
A product concept developed during my interior architecture thesis. A smart window system that transforms urban views into personalized nature experiences.
Origin
Natura Vue began as a concept within my interior architecture degree thesis, Glimpse Into the Virtual Nature. While researching transparent OLED technology as a spatial design element, I started asking a broader question: what if the window itself could be redesigned, not structurally, but experientially?
The thesis explored how spaces could bring nature closer to people who have no direct access to it. Hospital patients, residents of high-rise apartments in dense cities, people who spend their days in rooms with no meaningful view. The window was always passive in these spaces. Natura Vue proposes making it active.
The Concept
Natura Vue is a transparent OLED layer that fits over any existing window. It overlays a selected nature scene on top of the real exterior view, without blocking light, without renovation, without changing the building. The user chooses the atmosphere: forest, ocean, mountain, soft rain, golden hour.
The system is designed for spaces where this matters most: hospital rooms, elderly care facilities, wellness clinics, apartments in urban cores. Environments where the view outside works against the person inside.
System Layers
Presentation Site
Natura Vue has a dedicated presentation website built to communicate the concept commercially, as if it were a real product ready to be pitched. The site includes the full concept narrative, transition visuals showing the same room before and after the system, system documentation, and a future vision for where the product could go.
Built with Next.js, Three.js, React Three Fiber, and Framer Motion. The hero section features a real-time iridescent 3D glass object rendered in WebGL.