Testing interiors: an exploration of emerging digital practices as collaborative, transnational learning tools

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Westthorp, M. 2024. Testing interiors: an exploration of emerging digital practices as collaborative, transnational learning tools. Middlesex University Annual Teaching and Learning Conference 2024: Transnational Education. Dubai, UAE 11 - 11 Sep 2024
TitleTesting interiors: an exploration of emerging digital practices as collaborative, transnational learning tools
AuthorsWestthorp, M.
Abstract

Interior Design and Architecture by their very definition are disciplines of circumstance and situation. We are working within a host space, site or area and using its existing physical characteristics as an intrinsic part of the process. As practitioners, we are bound by the problematic nature of the building process. It is rare that we can make a full scale ‘mock up’ of the creative proposal, instead we rely on an array of representations to communicate our intentions. The advent of technology such as digital twin prototyping (DTP), AR, VR and Lidar scanning, allows us many innovative ways to test out our various interventions before committing to a final proposal. We are teaching cohorts who are ‘immersed within a Digital Anthropology based culture. Our experimental collaboration utilised some of this technology and capitalised on the students prior understanding of consumer technology.

KeywordsTesting; Digital; Augmented Reality; AI; Exploration
Sustainable Development Goals4 Quality education
Middlesex University ThemeCreativity, Culture & Enterprise
ConferenceMiddlesex University Annual Teaching and Learning Conference 2024: Transnational Education
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Accepted16 Aug 2024
Completed11 Sep 2024
Deposited21 Nov 2024
Output statusPublished
LanguageEnglish
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