:: design flux :: weaving disciplines for innovation

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design flux weaving disciplines for
innovation

• IEOR 170

Group 4 ? Sharena Paripatyadar ? Vivek Rao?
Monish Subherwal ? Carisa Harris ? Sha Hwang ?
Cindy Park
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Project Definition

• How to Break Boundaries
• Between students
• Between academics and society
• Between stages of design
• To create an environment that fosters
• Collaboration
• Education
• Innovation

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Personas

• Jack Richardson, 25EECS Grad Student in
  collaborative work and part of Berkeley Institute
  of Design
• Brian Wu, 20
• 3rd year EE student, with little work in
  creative design, taking a design class, IEOR 170
• Alexei Papadapolous, 21
• 4th year ISF major on psychology in ethnic
  studies who needs to design his own psychology
  experiments and interviews for his thesis
• Jenni Wright, 45
• Professor of design at UC Berkeley in department
  of Architecture who needs a place to teach
  students where they can interact in teams,
  actively work on projects as well as hear guest
  lectures and participate in class discussions.

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Constraints

• Facilities of the building
• 3 areas on the ground floor
• 3 rooms on the basement
• Structural walls
• Budget of 1 Million

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Goals

• Mix
• Nurture
• Celebrate
• Share
• Build

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design flux

• Minimize the barriers to the flow of ideas,
  equipment, and people
• To foster back-and-forth iterative design
• Simplify and facilitate design process
• Multidiscipline collaboration

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design flux

• We accomplish flux with
• linked LCD monitors in every room
• glass walls
• perforated floors
• mobile workstations
• staircase and lift connecting the floors
• 6 unique yet connected areas for design

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3D Walkthrough
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Floor 1
I
II
III
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Area I Display and Design
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Area II Brainstorming
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Area III Meeting space Advanced A/V Recording
Room
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Basement
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VI
IV
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Area IV Very Rapid Prototyping
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Area V Digital Prototyping
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Area VI Prototyping Studio
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User Survey

• Main points gained
• Cool equipment, but how to use it?
• How to find people from other disciplines?
• Light and colors to keep open and exciting
• Arrange furniture for group work
• i.e. sofas facing each other

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Future Directions

• Revolutionize the Berkeley Campus
• Lectures/Presentations
• Revolutionize Berkeleys Curricula
• Revolutionize design