This paper reports on an educational setting used to explore presence within the interior architecture discipline through an interior design studio environment. An undergraduate studio subject was developed to integrate a hybrid design approach, where the main focus was to examine a means to heighten a designer’s appreciation of experience in virtual environments. Initially the focus of the uni...

A common practice in design education settings is participation in crits, or design critiques, in which critical feedback is given about creative works in progress. This paper presents a rationale for Studio Zone, a web-based environment to support design critiques, and results of a study of the software in use in a graduate software design course. We focus on how students perceived design crit...

For over a century, studio-based instruction has served as an effective pedagogical model in architecture and fine arts education. Because of its design orientation, human-computer interaction (HCI) education is an excellent venue for studio-based instruction. In an HCI course, we have been exploring a studio-based learning activity called the prototype walkthrough, in which a student project t...

Architectural design studios are the crux and core of architecture education. The closure face-to-face Design due to COVID-19 pandemic during years 2020 2021 has indeed posed a set challenges architectural Through rigorous research methods, paper investigates various possibilities perspectives making into opportunities rethink, innovate move on. aims develop model for implementing studio-based ...

The human-computer interaction (HCI) community has developed primarily among those trained in computer science and psychology. Design methodologies within HCI tend to address the needs and interests of those who have been trained in cognitive science, human factors, or software engineering. This paper illuminates the similarities, distinctions and opportunities existing between one of the bette...

The directionality of light is defined as the balance between the diffuse and directional components of light within an environment. It is an indicator about the spatial distribution of light flow onto an element or into a space. This paper presents a new luminance based metric that quantifies the directionality of light. The diffuse and directional components of the luminous environment are is...

During the early stages of the architectural design process, students and architects seek information for inspiration, and to evaluate design ideas or similar solutions. An essential part of design education therefore involves building up a knowledge base of already built or designed buildings. Most students gather such information by visiting or researching building designs, for example throug...