The Heart

A Project by Jenny sabin studiO
Commissioned by JSH Productions for E.ON House of New Energy 

Tacheles
Berlin, Germany

The Heart is an immersive environment that transforms green energy data (solar, wind, biomass) into light, form, and human experience. Like a living system, the Heart constantly shifts and responds to the flow of energy that powers it. At its core, the project explores a simple but powerful question: How might architecture make the invisible systems that power our world visible and tangible?
 
The Heart represents more than a single installation. It serves as a prototype for a broader vision of architecture, one in which buildings are not static containers but responsive systems that interact with their surroundings, much like organisms do. In this emerging model, energy is not merely a resource to be consumed but a dynamic relationship between natural forces, technological systems, and human behavior. Materials are no longer passive surfaces but active participants capable of sensing, storing, and communicating information. And design itself becomes a living and generative process, one that evolves through data, interaction, and environmental change.
 
By bringing together renewable energy data, advanced textiles, and interactive design, The Heart offers a glimpse into this future. It suggests that architecture can help us better understand the complex networks that sustain our world and inspire new ways of living within them.

Client

Commissioned by JSH Productions for E.ON 

Location

Tacheles, Berlin, Germany 

Completed

2026

Jenny Sabin Studio

Architectural Designer: Jenny E. Sabin. 
Design & Production Team: John Hilla, Lauren Cruvellier 

Consultants

Engineering Design by Clayton Binkley, Odd Lot 
Lighting Design by Aaron Mooney