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_id ddss9497
id ddss9497
authors Venemans, P., Daru, R. and Wagenberg, A. van
year 1994
title Orientation in and Around Large Buildings: Guidelines and Architects
source Second Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture & Urban Planning (Vaals, the Netherlands), August 15-19, 1994
summary Wayfinding and orientation problems for visitors of large buildings such as hospitals and offices are still prevalent in spite of a long tradition of research on spatial cognition. Analysis of suchproblems indicates that the characteristics of the building mainly cause these problems. These problems can be prevented by a design tool that aims at improving the orientation of users in large buildings, as changing a building afterwards is often expensive and impractical. As a base for such a design tool, guidelines are derived from the research on wayfinding and orientation. However, guidelines are only part of the solution. This design tool should be structured and presented in a form useful to architectural designers. In order to enhance its usefulness, architects of large public buildings studied a draft version of the tool and were interviewed about: (i) presentation form preferred for the tool and the guidelines, as well as the guideline contents; (ii) the function of the design tool with regard to the architects' design style; (iii) typical design solutions which specifically support or conflict with the guidelines; (iv) possible conflicts resulting from the guideline suggestions, in relation to other goals of the client or the architect. In the paper we discuss the results of the interviews and present our conclusions. We also demonstrate a prototype of the design tool.
series DDSS
email
last changed 2003/08/07 16:36

_id sigradi2018_1726
id sigradi2018_1726
authors Ventura, Anelise; Varoto, Renato; Cliquet Junior, Alberto
year 2018
title Wearable Technology: Healthcare Product Design For Participation Of Tetraplegics In Society
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 894-901
summary This paper discusses technological and theoretical issues that conform the product design proposal called technological wearable: a system that integrates body and equipment for physical rehabilitation of quadriplegic patients and their participation into society. The relevance of the work is to enhance the malleability and performance efficiency of the current system, through product design with complex surfaces, in addition to its customization and optimization, with the implementation of an open source plug-in, reducing steps and inaccuracies, to give more autonomy to the patient and to generate discussions in the areas that can use the same process.
keywords Wearable; Healthcare Product Design; Tetraplegia; Complex Surfaces; Optimization
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2021/03/28 19:59

_id 581f
authors Vera, A., Kvan, Th., West, R. and Lai, S.
year 1998
title Expertise and collaborative design
source CHI’98 Conference Proceedings. Los Angeles: ACM, 1998, pp. 503-510
summary This paper describes the results of a study evaluating the effects of computer mediation on collaboratively solving architectural design problems. Pairs of graduate design students were asked to work on a landscape architecture design problem via computer terminals. In one condition they were allowed to communicate with an electronic whiteboard and a chat-line while in the other; the chat-line was substituted with video-conferencing (real-time video and audio). The protocols were evaluated according to two models. First; they were coded according to the pattern of collaboration; distinguishing meta-planning; negotiation; evaluation; and individual work. No differences were found between the two groups when coded this way. The protocols were also coded in terms of the problem-solving content; distinguishing task-related exchanges; interface-related exchanges; low-level design exchanges; and high-level design exchanges. The results showed that in the bandwidth-limited chat-line condition; participants cut down task and interface-related as well as low-level design exchanges but attempted to maintain the same amount of high-level design exchanges. When the final designs were evaluated by professional architects; no differences were found between two conditions indicating that chat-line participants implicitly compensate for the narrower bandwidth interface.
keywords Cognitive Models; Expertise; Collaboration; CSCW
series other
email
last changed 2002/11/15 18:29

_id d267
authors Verbeke, J. Provoost, T., Verleye, J., Nys, K., Van Zutphen, R., Achten, H., Turksma, A., Pittioni, G., Asanowicz, A., Jakimowicz A. and Af Klercker, J.
year 1999
title AVOCAAD, The Experience
source Architectural Computing from Turing to 2000 [eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-5-7] Liverpool (UK) 15-17 September 1999, pp. 244-251
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1999.244
summary The Leonardo da Vinci project AVOCAAD (Added Value of Computer Aided Architectural Design) aims at stimulating creative and experimental use of computers in the field of Architecture and Construction by the use of new technologies. For this purpose, a large set of exercises and exercise materials was developed and is now available through an interactive web-site. This allows regular students as well as architects in practice to continuously seek for a more interesting and inspiring use of computers and IC-technology, adding value in their own field of interest and work. The interactive web-site generates a virtual forum for exchange of ideas. The AVOCAAD partners as well as the newly joined partners are currently using and testing the available teaching materials (exercises, foreground and background information) with students. Moreover a small design exercise in the context of the project has been the theme of a workshop held at the AVOCAAD 1999 conference. Students and architects were asked to create a design in a predefined space based on experimental architectural music. This paper intends to report on the experiences we gained in using the interactive web-site, the exercises and also doing the workshop. We will address the pedagogical implications of issues like learning environment, continuous and distance learning, and focus on their impact towards CAAD curricula. Examples and results will illustrate the general framework.
keywords AVOCAAD, CAAD, Creativity, LLL, ODL
series eCAADe
email
more http://www.avocaad.org
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id 168e
authors Verbeke, J., Provoost, T., Verleye, J., Nys, K., Van Zutphen, R., Achten, H., Turksma, A., Pittioni, G., Asanowicz, A., Jakimowicz, A. and Af Klercker, J.
year 1999
title AVOCAAD
source AVOCAAD Second International Conference [AVOCAAD Conference Proceedings / ISBN 90-76101-02-07] Brussels (Belgium) 8-10 April 1999, pp. 9-24
summary The Leonardo da Vinci pilot project AVOCAAD (Added Value of Computer Aided Architectural Design) aims to innovate the use of computers in architecture. Hereto, new course materials and structures are developed. Focus is on new unusual ways to use software in Architecture. In this paper, we first describe the context using the general AVOCAAD statement. In order to give structure to the developed materials, a scheme was developed. This AVOCAAD scheme is given and described. In order to innovate in the architectural curriculum as well as in design offices, exercise materials will be available through the Internet. Hereto, a web- structure for the exercises was developed.
keywords Creativity, Innovation, Exercise Materials, WWW
series AVOCAAD
last changed 2005/09/09 10:48

_id 689d
authors Verbeke, J., Verleye, J. and Nys, K.
year 1997
title A Database System for Social Housing Management
source Challenges of the Future [15th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-3-0] Vienna (Austria) 17-20 September 1997
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1997.x.l9w
summary During the eighties the Institute made an extensive inventory of the social housing in the region of Brussels, Belgium. Different information like architectural quality, urban context, social background of the inhabitants, demographic situation of the quarter, technical situation of the building, and so on … were registered in a paper-based publication. Text and photos were all published in a classical way and made available for the different decision makers.

As the inventory was published on paper, it is almost impossible to make fast simulations out of the data available.

keywords GIS, Database, Social Housing, Decision Supporting System, CombinedMedia
series eCAADe
email
more http://info.tuwien.ac.at/ecaade/proc/verv/verv.htm
last changed 2022/06/07 07:50

_id 6642
authors Verbeke, Johan and Provoost, Tom
year 1998
title AVOCAAD, the Scheme
source Computerised Craftsmanship [eCAADe Conference Proceedings] Paris (France) 24-26 September 1998, pp. 239-252
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1998.239
summary The Leonardo da Vinci pilot project AVOCAAD (Added Value of Computer Aided Architectural Design) aims to innovate the use of computers in architecture. Hereto, new course materials and structures are developed. Focus is on new unusual ways to use software in Architecture. In this paper, we first describe the context using the general AVOCAAD statement. In order to give structure to the developed materials, a scheme was developed. This AVOCAAD scheme is given and described. Some examples of concrete course materials are given in the next section. In order to innovate in the architectural curriculum as well as in design offices, these materials will be available through the Internet. Hereto, a web-structure for the exercises was developed. Some experience and conclusions are given in the final section.
series eCAADe
email
more http://www.paris-valdemarne.archi.fr/archive/ecaade98/html/23verbeke/index.htm
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id ecaade2015_ws-dtools
id ecaade2015_ws-dtools
authors Verbeke, Johan, Tadeja Zupancic and Henri Achten
year 2015
title Digital Tools and Creative Practice in Architectural Research
source Martens, B, Wurzer, G, Grasl T, Lorenz, WE and Schaffranek, R (eds.), Real Time - Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, 16-18 September 2015, pp. 25-28
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.025
wos WOS:000372316000002
summary Recent developments in architectural research show a growing focus on research by design and creative practice research. New working modes are being established (in practice as well as in academia) which are a hybrid of traditional research practices in architecture and explorations in practice. In this paper we outline the characteristics, potentials, and possible future implementation of Research by Design and ask some fundamental questions about the implications for the field of CAAD.
keywords Research by Design; Creative Practice; Adapt-r; Design Research
series eCAADe
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id edb2
authors Verbeke, Johan
year 1998
title GOING FROM CLASSICAL EXERCISES TOWARDS DESIGN EXERCISES USING COMPUTERS
source Cyber-Real Design [Conference Proceedings / ISBN 83-905377-2-9] Bialystock (Poland), 23-25 April 1998, pp. 227-233
summary In this paper we give some ideas on how to use the computer in exploration exercises in Architectural education. Existing exercises can be translated, changed and adopted towards exercises suitable to explain students the benefits (added values!) of using computers during their design process. The first results indicate a great enthusiasm of the students.
keywords Confrontation, Exploration, Creativity, CAAD, AVOCAAD
series plCAD
type normal paper
email
last changed 2005/09/09 10:47

_id acadia19_478
id acadia19_478
authors Vercruysse, Emmanuel
year 2019
title Autonomous Architectural Operations
source ACADIA 19:UBIQUITY AND AUTONOMY [Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-59179-7] (The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Austin, Texas 21-26 October, 2019) pp. 478-489
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.478
summary The research set out in this paper investigates the conception, testing, and implementation of an advanced and bespoke workflow. By hybridizing a diverse set of technologies and processes, an innovative fabrication strategy was developed that combines large scale glue-laminated timber frames with a robotic band-saw application. The design strategy was influenced by a number of key preoccupations: exploring the relationship between drawing and making, evenly distributing analogue and digital technologies, and advancing alternatives modes of architectural practice. The project regards intuitive design processes as an important driver and looked to apply digital tools lightly, aiming to precisely embed them within established timber fabrication processes. This workflow was tested through the design and fabrication of a timber skeleton that provides the structural system for a library building at Hooke Park and acts as an articulated armature supporting the library’s envelope and accommodates its internal workings. Through the production of the sculptural skeleton, the project challenges conventions of existing methodologies and ultimately brings about a morphologic innovation in timber construction through the closed geometry glulam component.
series ACADIA
type normal paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id acadia09_248
id acadia09_248
authors Verde, Marco
year 2009
title Multiperformative Efficient Systems (MES) Towards System Thinking
source ACADIA 09: reForm( ) - Building a Better Tomorrow [Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-9842705-0-7] Chicago (Illinois) 22-25 October, 2009), pp. 248-251
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2009.248
summary In order to address the demands of an ever-increasingly data-driven architectural practice, the designer must become an interdisciplinary specialist. Therefore, it is necessary to rethink new strategies in order to establish a robust connective tissue between disciplines and specializations. Bringing new digital productions to the scale of a real building implies the need for radical innovation in non-standardized building solutions. This paradigm shift implies rethinking buildings as systems rather than the juxtaposition of optimized and monofunctional layers. This paper is rooted in a personal research agenda based in Systems Thinking, currently under development at Hyperbody, the research group
series ACADIA
type Short paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id cf2011_p124
id cf2011_p124
authors Verdonck, Evelien; Froyen Hubert
year 2011
title Universal Design Patterns: Designing a Web-Based Tool with Architects
source Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2011 [Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 9782874561429] Liege (Belgium) 4-8 July 2011, pp. 103-115.
summary The implementation of Universal Design in design practice requires a number of tools that provide support to designers throughout the design process. In recent years, several studies have been carried out, determining methods to help designers select appropriate design support tools (DSTs), looking for desired data representation characteristics, or focusing on involving a wide range of users in the design process. This paper discusses how architects, as end-users of the DST, are involved in the development process of a new web-based tool based on the Universal Design Patterns concept. The Universal Design Pattern concept was developed based on Christopher Alexander’s Pattern Language, and looks at the possibility of using patterns to describe existing barriers in the built environment (conflicts), as well as design characteristics that may be implemented to make new designs more inclusive (resolutions). Through Universal Design Patterns, users can contribute new insights about the existing built environment, while architects can discuss the inclusive qualities of new design solutions or find useful design guidance. Involving the architects in developing the Universal Design Pattern concept into a web-based design tool is essential to establish a structure for the Universal Design Patterns that is compatible with the designers’ way of thinking about design problems. Using the specific structure of Universal Design Patterns allows for the grouping of information into appropriately themed units on different levels of the design in a clear and uniform way. Building on the results of a survey involving 406 architects and a comparative study of existing DSTs for Universal Design, this paper first focuses on the results of a series of interviews that provided the basis for a first data-structure for the Universal Design Patterns tool. In addition to this, case-studies were carried out to ensure the new tool can easily be incorporated into the architects’ design process. The results from both the interviews and the case-studies were combined in a preliminary model for the web-based tool. Finally, the methodology for testing this model with architects is discussed. In conclusion, some thoughts are given on the potential benefits of not only testing new DSTs with designers, but involving them actively from the early stages; or, in other words, the benefits of tools not only designed for architects, but with them.
keywords Universal Design, Tools, Patterns
series CAAD Futures
email
last changed 2012/02/11 19:21

_id d7d2
id d7d2
authors Verdy Kwee, Anthony Radford, Dean Bruton, Ian Roberts
year 2006
title Architecture | Media | Representations Survey- (Exigencies at a Media Crossroad)
source Challenges for Architectural Science in Changing Climates: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association ANZAScA Adelaide, Australia | 22- 25 November 2006
summary Architectural information has been presented in a myriad of ways through various media for the purpose of public education. Rapid technological change tremendously affects the modes and techniques of communication media necessitating a reassessment of these vehicles. This paper suggests that if the medium should continue to be the ‘massage’ (McLuhan, 1967), it is imperative that we should understand the implications our choice and use of various media for communication of specific data, especially in relation to a targeted audience.

The paper presents the results and analyses of an online user survey (please refer to http://cumincad.scix.net/data/works/att/8d88.content.09055.pdf) which considers the use of currently available media, their roles and performance in the delivery of information of architectural works. It proposes suggestions for the manner and reasons these factors fashion users’ preferences. It also highlights several aspects of architectural data (e.g. forms, lighting, materials, etc) as well as those of the respective media used to represent them while indicating how significant end-users perceive these aspects in the process of understanding architecture. The interpretations of the results outlined in this paper may suggest some answers to the questions relating to current media use, but they may also pose more questions about the types of and the manner in which information should be delivered to architecture enthusiasts/readers. This reassessment is intended to help anticipate future directions in the application of these media in presenting architectural information. Special attention is particularly paid to the opportunities afforded by the digital platform.

keywords architecture, media, representation, survey, architectural information
series other
type normal paper
email
more contact conference committee at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/anzasca2006/
last changed 2006/12/07 05:43

_id 3ac5
id 3ac5
authors Verdy Kwee, Antony Radford, Dean Bruton and Ian Roberts
year 2006
title Architecture | Media | Representations Survey- (Exigencies at a Media Crossroad)
source Adeliade, Australia
summary Architectural information has been presented in a myriad of ways through various media for the purpose of public education. Rapid technological change tremendously affects the modes and techniques of communication media necessitating a reassessment of these vehicles. This paper suggests that if the medium should continue to be the ‘massage’ (McLuhan, 1967), it is imperative that we should understand the implications our choice and use of various media for communication of specific data, especially in relation to a targeted audience. The paper presents the results and analyses of an online user survey which considers the use of currently available media, their roles and performance in the delivery of information of architectural works. It proposes suggestions for the manner and reasons these factors fashion users’ preferences. It also highlights several aspects of architectural data (e.g. forms, lighting, materials, etc) as well as those of the respective media used to represent them while indicating how significant end-users perceive these aspects in the process of understanding architecture. The interpretations of the results outlined in this paper may suggest some answers to the questions relating to current media use, but they may also pose more questions about the types of and the manner in which information should be delivered to architecture enthusiasts/readers. This reassessment is intended to help anticipate future directions in the application of these media in presenting architectural information. Special attention is particularly paid to the opportunities afforded by the digital platform.
keywords publications, user survey, perception, online, print content, education, understanding, information delivery, presentation
series other
type normal paper
email
last changed 2009/02/05 04:36

_id 8d88
id 8d88
authors Verdy Kwee, Antony Radford, Dean Bruton, Ian Roberts
year 2006
title Architecture | Media | Representations : Survey Data 2006
summary In the architecture education field, the modes of lecturers‚ deliveries are constantly assessed and rightly so, for their performance and effectiveness in disseminating information or imparting knowledge. This is normally done through institution-wide survey of student satisfaction. But are lectures the only source of knowledge in the process of understanding a particular architecture, for example? As we understand, this is not the case. Interestingly enough, as the attached survey shows, they are not even the preferred ones by most.

It could easily be established that architectural information has undergone various manners of representations in publications; most, if not all of which are author-driven in contents and structures. To whatever extent that these publications may have been relied upon as other sources of information and knowledge, it is unusual that there appears to be an absence of assessment of the effectiveness they assume to deliver. It is often found that in such publications, readers are met with irrational expectations of prior understanding of the subject matters that the publications themselves often become beacons which spotlight the positions or commands of knowledge of the authors rather than ones that genuinely guide readers to achieve maximum possible comprehension. Could the reclusive nature of the activity, brought upon by these publications unlike that of the lecture settings, allow them to be easily unquestion-ed/able? Or have they become so effective that their positions are beyond reproach?

In the age where a shadow of change is being brought upon by the presence of a more interactive electronic delivery, it is an interesting period to retreat and reassess the position of the current available media in relation to message recipients. Have the available sources of information really been effective? Will/Should Technology see mere replicas of traditional mode of delivery in digital forms? Could we see possible shifts of delivery methods? What should we be prepared for? These questions were springboards that launched the need for the survey. However, the collected data may be used in a few other various manners than to locate the present scenario or serve as basis to drive the future direction/s in architectural information representations.

keywords survey, media, representations, architectural information
series other
type normal paper
email
last changed 2006/07/05 05:36

_id d715
id d715
authors Verdy Kwee, Antony Radford, Dean Bruton
year 2006
title Educative Visuals – Digital Delivery of Architectural Information for (potential) Heritage Buildings
source Eurographics Symposium Proceedings
summary The paper proposes models that address current issues and considerations at several key levels relating to treatment of architectural information, its presentation and delivery methods specific to architecture education requirements. It investigates fundamental digital communication strategies for the understanding of architec-tural work of heritage or potential heritage values, highlighting how digital simulations in particular could complement other media such as texts, drawings and photographs to facilitate an understanding of design. It proposes dynamic visual layering system of information and information types relating to site, construction, mate-rials, textures, design philosophy, etc, while also taking into account feedback from the intended audience.

The architectural work featured as an example is of high potential heritage value - an area of special interest in the context of a country with a relatively short architectural history as Australia. The information depicted in the model has a role to supplement a site visit or to communicate independently to the much larger audience who are unable to visit the site.

Although the paper does not insist on definite or final prescriptive techniques for the delivery of architectural information of heritage or potential heritage values, it suggests a possibility of standardisation in this area with features and considerations that need to be firstly addressed.

keywords heritage, representation, architectural information, visualisation, education
series other
type normal paper
email
more http://www.eg.org/EG/DL/WS/VG01/info.html
last changed 2006/12/08 07:00

_id a3c8
id a3c8
authors Verdy Kwee, Dean Bruton, Antony Radford
year 2006
title Visual Expressiveness in Educative Architectural Animations
source Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques in Australasia and Southeast Asia. 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 29 - December 02, 2006
summary Consider the current graphic capabilities of multimedia authoring tools. Many information technologies have been exploited to the fullest in the gaming and advertising industries. As far as educational materials produced to explain outstanding architectural and many heritage works, most publications still rely on print media. While much digital information has been propagated online through the Internet (and a few CD-ROM formats could also be found) the techniques of delivery have yet to take advantage of potential technologies, preferring only to digitally replicate and hyperlink the structure and content found in their printed cousins. The reason for this slow adoption is not clear and paradoxical since our society places abundant emphasis and stresses the importance of education over games. However, it seems that the industry and, more importantly, the architecture discipline themselves do not appear to promote architectural visualisations as a significant contributor to the education and learning process. Therefore, educative architectural information visualisation may have to set itself apart, especially to generate growth and interest in this area.

This paper does not deal with the technical aspects of visualisation creation processes but proposes to emphasise architectural visualisations – animations, in particular - as a heightened form of art that could be approached with grammatical lens more than merely a technical exercise that aims to serve an outcome or an industry as they are often perceived now. Digital architectural visualisations and their delivery techniques can be expanded much more as an artistic (architectural) expression like architectural writings are to authors, games to game designers. Although differences could be identified, there are numerous lessons that can be drawn from other forms of art to propel architectural visualisations to a new level beyond those seen in real-estate websites, architectural practices and most students’ works in reputed educational institutions.

Architectural information is peculiar to each building. In order to explicate the essences of architectural works (i.e. the vocabularies, designer’s intents, etc), in all fairness, their presentations cannot be generically produced and uniformly adapted. What one technique and approach could successfully achieve in explaining one building cannot exactly be re-applied to another building with the same expected results. Forms, scales, circulation paths, lighting assignments, designer’s intents, other information (and types) to be delivered differ from one building to another. As such, executions are also wide open to be explored to not only address the practical issues but also to express the intentions of the author/s or director/s to strengthen the architectural narratives.

This paper highlights and illustrates by examples, specifically in architectural flythroughs/animations, considerations that need to be addressed in order that the results would serve as an artistic/architectural expression with a degree of educative substance.

keywords Educative, education, animation, flythrough, expression, grammar, art,
series other
type short paper
email
more http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1174429.1174461&coll=GUIDE&dl=%23url.coll
last changed 2007/01/04 00:14

_id 2006_122
id 2006_122
authors Vergopoulos, Stavros and Apostolos Kalfopoulos
year 2006
title Abstractions as a Means of Interacting with the Environment
source Communicating Space(s) [24th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9541183-5-9] Volos (Greece) 6-9 September 2006, pp. 122-127
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2006.122
summary The employment of digital tools in architecture is based on a new approach to design that acknowledges the value of research and feedback from the environment. Abstractions are a means of minimising the complexity of information that surrounds a designed object. They are seen as focused interest on certain aspects of a field that are exaggerated on the cost of others. The use of abstractions and diagrammatic representations is discussed within the context of a computerised design studio.
keywords Abstractions; Diagrams; Design Processes; Interaction
series eCAADe
type normal paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id cf2011_p047
id cf2011_p047
authors Vermeersch, Peter-Willem; Nijs Greg, Heylighen Ann
year 2011
title Mediating Objects in Architectural Design: a Non-Visual Exploration
source Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2011 [Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 9782874561429] Liege (Belgium) 4-8 July 2011, pp. 721-734.
summary Through their daily interactions with the built environment, people with disabilities become able to appreciate spatial qualities or detect obstacles that architects may not be attuned to. This observation motivated us to explore scenarios for involving people with sensory disabilities as experts in the design process. An architecture office participating in a real-world design competition is teamed up with two blind persons. The design process is studied in real time through a team ethnography. The analysis in this paper focuses on the mediating aspects of objects in the actions, perception and cognition in one collaborative design meeting in particular. In general, disability situations can teach us something about fixed ways of doing by making perceivable, or questioning practices that seem self-evident. In this particular situation, the blind person’s involvement in a design meeting that relies heavily on representational artifacts, makes perceivable or questions everyday practices in architects’ design process that are taken for granted. Examples include knowing and indicating to others where design elements are on the site, knowing what design element is being talked about, holding the element and its environment ‘in place’, or spatially exploring the design’s spatial configuration. As such, our study shows that exploring inclusivity ‘upstream’, i.e. in the design process, may contribute not only to inclusive design, but also to a more articulate understanding of the working of mediating objects and their use in architects’ design processes tout court.
keywords architectural design, blindness, disability, participant observation, users
series CAAD Futures
email
last changed 2012/02/11 19:21

_id cdc2008_077
id cdc2008_077
authors Vermisso, Emmanouil
year 2008
title Digitality controlled: paradox or necessity?
source First International Conference on Critical Digital: What Matters(s)? - 18-19 April 2008, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge (USA), pp. 77-84
summary In view of a possible a-historical development of an architecture that is solely reliant on technology, this paper attempts to address the need for a set of working rules for digital processes which are at once flexible and controlled. As examples, we have re-considered Classicism within the current temporal context and in relation to available technologies and methods, by looking at how the Classical system was appropriated by theorists and architects like Claude Perrault and Antoni Gaudi.
email
last changed 2009/01/07 08:05

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