Virtual Design Studio

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Virtual Design Studio

• Introduction of Virtual Design Studio
• Wenzhi Chen
• Institute of Design
• National Yunlin University of Science and
  Technology
• Augusts 14, 2002

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Content

• Reference review
• Dave, Bhatat, and Danahy, John, 2000, Virtual
  Study abord and exchange studio, Automation in
  Construction, Vol. 9, pp. 57-71.
• Kolarevic, Branko Schmitt, Gerhard Hirschberg,
  Urs and Kurmann, David, 2000, An experiment in
  design collaboration, Automation in Construction,
  Vol. 9, pp. 73-81.
• Website Introduction

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Introduction

• With increasing globalization specialization in
  design, collaboration between partners in remote
  locations become crucial.
• In a shared database, all team members could work
  on a design at any place synchronously or
  asynchronously.
• This type collaboration require the new design
  communication methods to be successful.

Kolarevic et al, 2000
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Virtual design studio paradigms

• Motivations
• The opportunities afforded by technology
  development.
• To expose students to foreign environments and
  ideas.
• For tapping into experiences and knowledge of
  design from other institutions.
• Inherently collaborative in nature, and develop
  the abilities to function as team members.
• Provide the settings and environment for studies.
• Prepare students to operate in the contemporary
  technological context.
• To bridging the gap between the espoused theory
  and the theory-in-action.
• Brining the knowledge from disciplines.
• Others economic pressures faced by height
  education, the need to continually acquire new
  skills, or new lifestyle, work patterns

Dave Danahy, 2000
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Virtual design studio paradigms

• Distinguishing dimensions
• Patterns of collaboration synchronous/asynchronou
  s, duration
• Media traditional, digital media
• Tools FTP, Email, Chat, Audio, video,
  white-board, real-time interactive 3D model, WWW
• Duration days, weeks, months
• Distance temporal, spatial, cultural,
  technological, and other distance
• Design brief small conceptual design to
  comprehensive and detail, large scale design
• Computing infrastructure Computer, net

Dave Danahy, 2000
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Virtual design studio paradigms

• Types of VDS

Web Site
Students Design the virtual problem _at_ Virtual
design studio
Design Brief Sa ? Sb ? Sc ? Sa ? Sb ? Sc ?
Dave Danahy, 2000
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Case Study

• Zurich/Toronto Collaborative Studio, 1995
• Melbourne/Toronto Studio
• VDS_at_HKU

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Zurich/TorontoCollaborative Studio
Snapshots from the Zurich /Ottawa studio.
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Zurich/TorontoCollaborative Studio
Snapshots, virtual project on a virtual
siteCROSSINGS.
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Zurich/TorontoCollaborative Studio
Contextual and representational complexity in the
Paradeplatz, Zurich studio.
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Melbourne/Toronto Studio
Snapshots from the Melbourne/Toronto studio.
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Melbourne/Toronto Studio
Landscape and urban design projects in the
Melbourne/Toronto studio.
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Virtual Design Studio 1998_at_ HKU
The common design database and the browser
interface.
The Virtual Design Studio setup and participants
The 24-hour global design studio.
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VDS Online

• Virtual Design Studio _at_ HKU
• GVDS - Global Virtual Design Studio - School of
  Design
• Clyde Virtual Design Studio
• Distributed Interactive Virtual Design Studio
• International Virtual Design Studio _at_ METU-UNION
• VDS2002 - works anywhere anytime
• dr. Kazimierz Butelski _ Virtual Design Studio
  2000-VDS_Y2K
• Diploma 2000 Virtual Design Studio
• Australian Virtual Design Studio 1995
• International Virtual Design Studio 1995 _at_ sydney
• International Virtual Design Studio 1995 _at_ USYD
• Virtual Design Studio at MIT
• The Virtual Design Studio 1993-4 _at_ MIT
• The Virtual Design Studio 1995 _at_ MIT
• Virtual Design Studio _at_ ajou.kr
• The Ford Virtual Design Studio

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Introduction of VDS_at_HKU
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Thank You

• http//thinkdesign.cgu.edu.tw
• wenzhi_at_mail.cgu.edu.tw