Hangzhou Dianzi University

2022 Art, Culture, Science and Technology Development International Conference

“Geheimnis” /ɡəˈhaɪmnɪs/ relates to our personal and secret sense-making of our reality. It is the exciting and magical discovery of aspects of connections and relationships to our environment. It is the pocket of security and wisdom that we share to strengthen bonds with friends. Geheimnis discusses our sense-making in virtuality, a place where we can share our magical and secret discoveries. A journey that will take us through Art, Technology, and Society. These demystify the intangible, notions of authenticity, the sensory and the sacred to lift the secret of how virtuality intersects with our reality which is both a unique and continuing realm.

https://arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/activity/activity-6023

This session ‘Computer-aided Design’ focuses on research projects that utilise computers, both digital and analogue tools, in the creation, analysis, optimisation, and fabrication of design. It includes projects that looks at mass collaboration with decentralisation technologies, heritage preservation with automated workflow, comparative analysis between physical and immersive virtual environments, the use of machine learning and data segmentation in the analysis of street space qualities, research on digital fabrication and assembly with wood, and augmenting architecture design and production with holographic instructions. The projects will be discussed together with the presenters, postgraduate students, and invited guests, Prof. Rudi Stouffs, Prof. Yulun Zhou, Prof. Lei Zhang, Prof. Marc Aurel Schnabel, and Prof. Christiane M. HERR.

“Virtual Futuna examines the photogrammetric documentation of heritage buildings and its potential application in research and public dissemination. The interior of New Zealand’s Futuna Chapel, a modernist masterpiece, was documented using photogrammetry to digitally stitch together 2D images to generate a 3D virtual reality model. An accessible and replicable process for documenting heritage buildings was developed, using only affordable consumer-level devices and applications. The resulting VR model now offers virtual visits to the chapel, and was used to research ways to make experiences of Futuna’s digital twin engaging and valuable. This work revealed that site-specific human stories could build connections between visitors and their virtual experiences of a heritage building. Virtual Futuna prototypes enable visitors to interact with stories from the chapel’s past in an immersive virtual environment and contribute their own Futuna experiences to a growing media archive.”

As part of the “International Faculty Exchange program (IFEP) from 18th January to 9th April 2021 at Chandigarh University, India., DARA is presenting at the Workshop on Parametric Design Approach in Architecture.

As part of the “International Faculty Exchange program (IFEP) from 18th January to 9th April 2021 at Chandigarh University, India., DARA is presenting at the Workshop on Parametric Design Approach in Architecture.

Interfaculty XR Collider is an annual event where we invite faculties across VUW to share research directions and opportunities for inter-faculty collaboration and industry engagement

V’ Interface design competition is inspired by the need to connect rural and urban context in terms of history, culture, people, and environment. China has recently put forward “rural revitalization” as one of its key development strategies, and local governments are vigorously implementing various strategies towards this context. There is, however, a gap in the use of creative means for such development. At the same time, the fast growth of technologies is causing a lot of craftsmanships to lose their inheritance. We want to gather designers from around the world to come together and think about how design can help rural revitalization in the current digital era.

The Ars Electronica Garden Aotearoa is a cyber-physical exhibition that aims to create a bi-directional portal to meet New Zealand’s technologists, artists and University researchers. The Garden hosts performances and prototypical installations, tours through ateliers and research laboratories, as well as visits to cultural sites and extraordinary landscapes. The talk presents among others the artwork from our colleagues.

In this talk Tane Moleta, Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Digital Design Technologies at Victoria University of Wellington, discusses An Architecture of the Sea, an interactive virtual exhibition involving writer Kerry Hines and artists Mizuho Nishioka and Wayne Barrar which was recently produced for ARS Electronica 2020

The fourth industrial revolution accelerated the integration of digital technologies into everyday objects, blurring the boundaries between physical and digital realms. Information technology and automation converge in innovative ways and change our surrounding environment. The physical domain is increasingly augmented by online connectivity, as we all experienced in recent months. We have “things” that measure and sense activities and changes, and broadcast them to the rest of the world via a network. We call this the “Internet of Things” (IoT).

While IoT is penetrating every aspect of our lives, we, the architects, are slow to respond to this challenge. Smart cities, smart homes and smart personal devices are surrounding us, but we have yet to create many examples of “smart spatial design” or “smart architecture”.

What would the world look like if walls, windows, building systems, building materials, spaces and surfaces were able to communicate with each other? How would this change the tradition of architecture? And what does it mean? What does it look like? What can it do? What can we, as architects, do?

“Geheimnis” /ɡəˈhaɪmnɪs/ relates to our personal and secret sense-making of our reality. It is the exciting and magic discovery of aspects of connections and relationships to our environment. It is the pocket of security and wisdom that one shares to strengthen bonds with friends. Geheimmis discusses our sense-making in virtuality, a place where we can share our magical and secret discoveries. A journey that will take us through Art, Technology, Society. These demystify the intangible, notions of authenticity, the sensory and the sacred to lift the secret of how virtuality intersects with our reality which is both a unique and continuing realm.

DERIVE, a Tokyo based practice, recruit digital technologies to enhance and augment real spaces as part of their FUTURE CITIES series. The team aim to create immersive journeys and urban experiences using light and sound projections. The group will deliver a 3 hour interactive event in Lecture Theatre 1, Te Aro Campus on the 18th of June.

Converging realities is a one-day event that celebrates virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) technologies. Join us for a series of exciting talks and demo’s.