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Embodied Creativity in Computational Design
Abstract
Digital design methods impact architectural structures. To contribute new impulses to Computational Design, we are focusing on a central obstacle in current digital design for architects and structural engineers , namely the suboptimal transformation of embodied three-dimensional imagination and knowledge of the designer into the digital work environment. Through a synthesis of findings from the fields of cognitive sciences, informatics and design sciences we propose a concept that deals with the question of how to integrate forms of embodied knowledge into digital design applications for architects and engineers. Using Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) technologies, as well as a full-body tracking system, we want to present a new way of modeling and perceiving digitally shaped models with this case study. A prototypical application makes it possible to experience the designers' body movements in virtual space. In comparison with digitally modeled objects differentiated insights about the users design decisions are gained. The use of the body to model space will show that (1) the advanced technologies of digital modeling can be used for a complex multi-sensory experience of space and the body itself, and (2) show how digital design applications can be enhanced by returning to an anthropomorphic scale. Our general approach is to identify exemplary ways out of a potential crisis in architecture and engineering related to the actual state of Computational Design, while expanding it into the field of Computational Creativity.
... Technologies like Infrared Cameras and body capturing Systems enable the integration of the full designers body into an IVE (cf. Patz et al. 2018). Meanwhile Augmented Reality (AR) systems allow the transition of digital modelings into real space. ...
Many of the sensory experiences of space, which were rather assigned to the realm of the visual, originate in other modes of perception and are integrated into the human understanding of its surroundings. Computer Aided Architectural Design tools meanwhile focus on a design work only under visual terms. With the help of Virtual Reality, among others, spatio-temporal and proprioceptive perceptual aspects can be integrated into these processes. This paper undertakes a rapprochement between visual arts, cultural theory, engineering and technology development. Design with all senses is here understood as an attempt to integrate embodied knowledge and bodily interaction into digital design applications for artists, architects and engineers.
... Technologies like Infrared Cameras and body capturing Systems enable the integration of the full designers body into an IVE (cf. Patz et al. 2018). Meanwhile Augmented Reality (AR) systems allow the transition of digital modelings into real space. ...
Many of the sensory experiences of space, which were rather assigned to the realm of the visual , originate in other modes of perception and are integrated into the human understanding of its surroundings. Computer Aided Architectural Design tools meanwhile focus on a design work only under visual terms. With the help of Virtual Reality, among others, spatio-temporal and proprioceptive perceptual aspects can be integrated into these processes. This paper undertakes a rapprochement between visual arts, cultural theory, engineering and technology development. Design with all senses is here understood as an attempt to integrate embodied knowledge and bodily interaction into digital design applications for artists, architects and engineers.
Virtual reality (VR) environments are increasingly being used by neuroscientists to simulate natural events and social interactions. VR creates interactive, multimodal sensory stimuli that offer unique advantages over other approaches to neuroscientific research and applications. VR's compatibility with imaging technologies such as functional MRI allows researchers to present multimodal stimuli with a high degree of ecological validity and control while recording changes in brain activity. Therapists, too, stand to gain from progress in VR technology, which provides a high degree of control over the therapeutic experience. Here we review the latest advances in VR technology and its applications in neuroscience research.
Handwriting currently has a low status and profile in literacy education. This paper examines the situation of current handwriting pedagogy in England and considers why handwriting efficiency has been neglected. The paper goes on to identify a number of studies located in the domains of special needs and psychology which re-evaluate the role of handwriting efficiency. These studies suggest that handwriting is more than just motor skill and may make a very important contribution to children's composing of text. Existing research into the way handwriting efficiency affects composing suggests that further research, more appropriate assessment and focused intervention could all make a significant contribution to children's writing progress and might positively affect the progress of the many boys who struggle with writing throughout the primary school years.
In "Proportions and Cognition in Architecture and Urban Design", practicing architects, historians, and theoreticians discuss the proportional systems that juxtapose aesthetic judgements, forms of practice, and human and social bodies with the norms and ideals that have resulted from these relationships. They retrace the history of these proportional systems, the expectations with which they were associated, how they were introduced into design, and how contemporary practice builds upon this tradition—or allows new interpretations to unfold.
In an age of increasing technology, the possibility that typing on a keyboard will replace handwriting
raises questions about the future usefulness of handwriting skills. Here we present evidence that brain
activation during letter perception is influenced in different, important ways by previous handwriting of
letters versus previous typing or tracing of those same letters. Preliterate, five-year old children printed,
typed, or traced letters and shapes, then were shown images of these stimuli while undergoing
functional MRI scanning. A previously documented ‘‘reading circuit’’ was recruited during letter
perception only after handwriting—not after typing or tracing experience. These findings demonstrate
that handwriting is important for the early recruitment in letter processing of brain regions known to
underlie successful reading. Handwriting therefore may facilitate reading acquisition in young children.
Virtual Reality (VR) is starting to be used in psychological therapy around the world. However, a thorough understanding of the reason why VR is effective and what effect it has on the human psyche is still missing. Most research on this subject is related to the concept of presence. This paper gives an up-to-date overview of research in this diverse field. It starts with the most prevailing definitions and theories on presence, most of which attribute special roles for the mental process of attention and for mental models of the virtual space. A review of the phenomena thought to be effected by presence shows that there is still a strong need for research on this subject because little conclusive evidence exists regarding the relationship between presence and phenoma such as emotional responses to virtual stimuli. An investigation shows there has been substantial research for developing methods for measuring presence and research regarding factors that contribute to presence. Knowledge of these contributing factors can play a vital role in development of new VR applications, but key knowledge elements in this area are still missing.
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Neuronale Ästhetik: Auf dem Weg zu einer kognitiven Bildgeschichte
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