This paper presents a project intended to make complex theory of “Edge of Chaos” tangible through an interactive installation based on metamaterial research, that demonstrates emergent behavior using Cellular Automata techniques, illustrated through sound, light and motion. From the “Edge of Chaos”, a mathematical space discovered by computer scientist Christopher Langton (1997), compelling behaviors originate that exhibit both degrees of organization and instability creating a continuous dance between order and chaos. We present a multi-sensory narrative approach that encourages playful exploration and contemplation on perhaps the biggest questions of how life could emerge from the disorder of the universe? We argue a way of creating intelligent architecture, not through classical Artificial Intelligence (AI), but rather through Artificial Life (Alife), embracing the aesthetic emergent possibilities that can spontaneously arise from this approach. The Edge of Chaos installation is an explicit realization of creating emergent systems and translating them into an architectural design. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of a custom CA for maximizing aesthetic impact while minimizing the live time of architectural kinetic elements.