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ecaade2024_169 |
| authors |
Papavasiliou, Mattheos; Gounaridis, Konstantinos; Marantos, Charalampos; Vakis, Michail; Kokosis, Sotirios |
| year |
2024 |
| title |
Theatre4all Spatial Inclusivity to the Visually Impaired - An indoor positioning research approach for Michael Cacoyannis Foundation’s theatre |
| source |
Kontovourkis, O, Phocas, MC and Wurzer, G (eds.), Data-Driven Intelligence - Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2024), Nicosia, 11-13 September 2024, Volume 1, pp. 635–642 |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.1.635
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| summary |
The objective of the research is forward to the inclusion as an act of a fundamental right to culture, leveraging the relationship between technology and cultural heritage. A prototype system for the indoor navigation of visually impaired users is implemented, specifying the diversification of the given needs. The scope is to provide the experience of cultural performance, using architecture and technology, by means of human-oriented procedures according to the specific condition. The project consists of three principal aspects forward to its execution: a mobile application that provides voice directions to the user accessing their ability to navigate, which is based on the survey of the building’s circulation space and a sensor system (Bluetooth AoA Angle of Arrival) capable of calculating the exact position of the user. Architecture computational design tools are used to inform the application for the spatial characteristics and geometry of the building’s circulation space. Regarding the sensor system, the capabilities of a simple solution, based on the signal strength of Bluetooth beacons (small devices that continuously emit Bluetooth signals), were initially tested. Then, a second approach based on Bluetooth AoA (Angle of Arrival) is presented. Bluetooth AoA allows measuring the angle from which a signal is received, and therefore increases accuracy, reduces signal interference and achieves wide coverage. The calculated position is continuously given in the mobile application, the design of which is presented in a detailed manner. The paper presents the results of a study through interdisciplinary procedures, engaging social and spatial conditions of architecture, using computational design and new technologies (IoT, software/hardware), towards the adoption and further enlargement of Inclusive Design. A series of experiments on how Bluetooth technology works for indoor positioning are presented and the design of the user navigation application is described. Conclusions, challenges, as well as next steps are discussed. |
| keywords |
spatial inclusion, computational design, indoor positioning, data driven architecture, indoor navigation |
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eCAADe |
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