As Zo House turns one, a look at the co-living space where Web3 creators huddle, work and play

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In a few seconds, a resident of the flat opens the messaging app Telegram on his phone and types in a command-based text in a group called Channels. Voilà, the door unlocks. This is one of the many features enabled by the internet-of-things (IoT) in the pad.

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Residents use commands on their Telegram group to holler for water, housekeeping and towels. It is all automated.Security is non-negotiable at flats S-1 and P-2, which double up as a hacker home on some weeks, an artists’ lounge on another and so on.

Zo House BLR at Anaa Infra’s Signature Towers is a home away from home for an elite group of 405 members who hold nonfungible tokens (NFTs), including actor Lisa Ray, former Unacademy chief of design Abhinav Chhikara, Polygon cofounder Sandeep Nailwal, Uber India founding member Akshay BD and influencer Tanmay Bhat. Its members are primarily Web3 creators who use the luxury co-living space to work, collaborate and create new projects on the blockchain, party, or just crash.

Zo House is part of Zo World, a club for NFT artists, founded in 2022. “Zo World aims to unlock the digital assets economy for the masses. We envisage Zo World as the first point of entry for new NFT artists, collectors and enthusiasts,” cofounder Dharamveer Singh Chouhan had said earlier this year.

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Currently, Zo House BLR is hosting Manifest, a five-week residency for NFT artists, creators, developers and builders that will last till December 19. The IoT-enabled