A research that had the objective of studying an automation technique that can be applied in the architecture area. For that, the work focused on the study of the Arduino system and the exploration of its technical potentialities. The Arduino system can be defined as an open-source platform of electronic prototypes based on a flexible and easy-to-use software and hardware. It is intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.

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More and more building projects that use the benefits of automation are emerging. Constructions in which structures change according to the interference of climatic effects, artificial intelligence, necessity or aesthetic purposes. Those projects take into account the introduction of the fourth dimension, time, as a part of Construction philosophy.

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As methodology for the learning of the chosen technique experiments were developed with an increasing degree of complexity that aimed to understand the use of the programming language used by the system and different types of sensors which can be used by Arduino.

The experiments were done using an Arduino Uno, a board structured by aATmega328 microcontroller. This set consists of 14 digital pins (input and output), 6 analog inputs, USB connection, power input, and a reset button.