Interactivity in Architecture
00 Interactions MArch Thesis Fall 2009-10 CHING Kar Wai Carrie
Interactivity in Architecture
00 Interactions MArch Thesis Fall 2009-10 CHING Kar Wai Carrie Advisor: Nelson TAM Department of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Contents Working Title Interactivity in Architecture Keywords Objective Interactions with/without interactions human - architecture - human Interactivity interactive architecture Sensation Transformation Hypothesis Daily Architecture may contain Interactivity on Users’ Level by Means of Integration with Toy through Sensation and Transformation. Integration Toy Methodology Research Design Script Prediction Schedule
Working Title
Interactivity in Architecture
Keywords
Keywords
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interactions transformability (?) sensation (?) daily life (?) flexibility (?) toy (?)
Objective
no interaction
"make" -> "provoke"? who initiate interactions?
with interactions
Objective
To make architecture interact with users.
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Interactions with/without interactions
with/without interactions
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no interaction - architecture as a container, effectively ignored
Interactions
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with interactions - architecture provoking human-human interactions, there exists dialogue(s)
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with/without interactions
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human - architecture - human
human - architecture - human
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human human human
human - architecture - human
n - architecture interactions n - human interactions n - architecture - human interactions
Interactions
Interactivity
Interactive ◊ mutually or reciprocally active ◊ involving the actions or input of a user [1]
“[ . . . ]interactivity, refers to the degree form or content of the mediated environme
Interactivity
[2]
Interactions
“Interactivity is the extent to which use content of a mediated environment in re from engagement or involvement as these researchers [ . . . ].” [3]
e to which users of a medium can influence the ent.�
[1]: Fred Mish (Ed.). Definition of interactivity. In Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary. [2]: Jonathan Steur (1992). Defining Virtual Reality. p. 80. [3]: Jonathan Steur (1992). Defining Virtual Reality. p. 84.
Interactivity
ers can participate in modifying the form and eal time. Interactivity in this sense is distinct e terms are frequently used by communication
Interactions
interactive architecture
interactive architecture
interactive architecture
Interactions
scenarios to be revised to show lack of sensitive transformation
offices: workers, particularly the creative class, could be more productive and inspired
Google Zurich office
residential architecture: residents could relax at homes and share joy with visitors or even passers-by on street school: learners might digest knowledge and grasp skills more effectively cityscape: travellers could find their trips, business or leisure, more memorable
Play-based learning at primary school
“Cloud Gate” sculpture , Millennium Park, Chicago
interactive architecture
carol’s home: gather & play wii game
Interactions
personal experience to illustrate
Sensation
sense hearing
stimuli sound
sensory o ears, body
sight
image
eyes
touch
surface, temperature
skin
smell
odour
nose
taste
savour, flavour
tongue, nos
Sensation
kinesthesia
Interactions
position, movement, muscular tensions proprioception balance, acceleration, position, location, orientation, movement of the body [4]
muscles ear
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sensations The ability to hear; the auditory faculty; SYN. audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality. The ability to see; the faculty of vision; SYN. vision, visual sense, visual modality. The faculty of touch; SYN. sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses. The faculty of smell; SYN. sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality. The faculty of taste; SYN. gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality. The perception of body position and movement and muscular tension etc; SYN: kinaestesia, feeling of movement The ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts.
[4]: eScience Lectures Notes.
Sensation
organs
Interactions
Information Transfer within the Human Body
Sensation
[4]
Interactions
Anthropocentric User-Diagram Or “how we perceive the world and how I am in the world” Or “I feel therefore I act”
[4]: eScience Lectures Notes.
Sensation
[4]
Interactions
Transformation
an act, process, or instance transforming or being transformed [5]
what to be transformed
form architectural elements
Transformation
space ambience
Interactions
tangible intangible
who transform
how to be transfor
to what to be transformed
of
[6]
displacement scaling rotation users
motion shear reflect re-assembly collapse/expansion
[5]: Fred Mish (Ed.). Definition of transformation. In Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary. [6]: Fred Mish (Ed.). Definition of transform. In Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary.
Transformation
rmed
d
to change in composition or structure to change the outward form or appearance of to change in character or condition
Interactions
Hypothesis
Daily Architecture may contain Interactivity on Users’ Level by Means of Integration with Toy through Sensation and Transformation.
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Daily Architecture
architecture that serve routine life
may contain Interactivity on Users’ Level
active in allowing interactions
e.g. residents in housing, workers in offices, st
Definition of Terms
by Means of Integration with Toy through Sensation and Transformation.
hypothesis
The primary cognition of “A great toy is one that in act or process of communication through
act or process of transforming or being
tudents and teachers in schools, ...
sensesw
g transformed; allowing transformation [7]: Analyzing the etymology of “toy” (Harper, Douglas (Ed.) (2001). toy (n.). In Online Etymology Dictionary. ) and its definitions in a number of dictionaries (Dictionary.com. toy definition |Dictionary.com. ; Fred Mish (Ed.). Definition of toy. In Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary.) [8]: the reason why a branding company has chosen its name as TOY, (TOY. Why Toy?.)
Definition of Terms
a “toy” is a plaything, usually a “thing for a child to play with”. [7] nspires you. One you want to share with others. One you will go out of your way to find.” [8]
hypothesis
Integration
NOT simple addition or attachment of A to B,
BUT union of A & B to form, coordinate, or blend A & B into a functioning [3]
interactions
toy playability Integration
transformation
hypothesis
daily architecture
daily architecture
toy
g or unified whole
interactions
toy playability
daily architecture Integration
transformation
[3]: Fred Mish (Ed.). Definition of integrate. In Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary.
hypothesis
Toy
◊ “construction sets” ◊ “dolls” ◊ “miniatures” ◊ “puzzles” ◊ “physical activities” ◊ “collectibles”
- “a collection of separate pieces - “a model of a human (often a ba - “a copy on a much reduced scal instruments, vehicles - “a problem or enigma that chall - a part of active play. E.g. hoops, - Some toys attract so many enth to be played with. E.g. action figur
[4]
Toy
construction sets
hypothesis
dolls
miniatures
s that can be joined together to create models”. E.g. Lego. aby), a humanoid (like Bert and Ernie), or an animal”. le”, “something small of its kind”. E.g. robots, houses, electrical appliances, musical
lenges ingenuity”. , tops, jump ropes, balls and yo-yo. husiasts that they are eventually produced primarily as collector’s items and not intended res.
physical activities
collectibles
Toy
puzzles
[4]: Generally, there are several types of toys. With reference to the categorization in Wikipedia (Wikipedia. Toy.), I would put them into 6 big groups.
hypothesis
Methodology Research Interactivity - Transformability - Sensation - Toy
Research ---> Design
- Other Interactive Objects - Architecture
methodology
Program
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Site Interactive Daily Architecture
Research ---> Design
Design
methodology
Script Prediction
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Script Prediction
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Preset Mode 1
methodology
Preset Mode 3
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Possible Modes
Script Prediction
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methodology