Diverse Dimensions
Rethinking Cultural Heritage through the Design Creativity Lens: Understanding the Dimension of the Ancient and the Knowledge of New Technological Realities View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Carla Farina
The increasing use of new technologies has transformed everyday places into "different contexts”, because no longer identifiable in the only physical dominion. The new dimension, Hybrid and Connected, has developed potentials that need different design methods and tools to be expressed. Among these, cultural places, such as museums and historical sites, become usable and perceivable in a completely new way. Cultural heritage is no more just to be preserved and conserved but becomes a place for the community to be shared in a participatory way. This research evaluates a design process, in the design and cultural heritage binomial, to manage this diversity, in order to propose a respectful and critical reinterpretation of the spaces.
Being, Bearing, Becoming: Navigating Cross-cultural Codesign through Practices of Reflexivity View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Ashleigh Dharmawardhana
Whilst cultural diversity in codesign is celebrated, sessions where practitioners work outside of their own culture can often become challenging if practitioners are ill-prepared to acknowledge their position, and work alongside epistemologies outside of their own. In this paper, I explore how theories of reflexive practice can provide this preparedness for cross-cultural codesign. Reflexivity, where personal histories are reflected upon and situated within broader social contexts, is evidenced to help dampen the effects of cultural bias, often implicated in codesign. Despite this, reflexivity is not strongly elucidated within current training frameworks. This study works to discover and embed methods of reflexive practice into a codesign training toolkit. Prior to its creation, a thematic analysis of ten toolkits is conducted to ascertain if, how, and where training on cultural awareness, reflexivity, and positionality exists within current approaches. I also integrate autoethnographic writing into this work, to make explicit the tacit knowledge inherent to this personally-driven research. Presenting a new training framework, this work draws from Buddhist conceptualisations of the self as interconnected, impermanent and ever-changing, which is found to promote deeper levels of introspection; spaces where one can sit with the discomfort arising from reflection, and the unpleasantness oftentimes associated with discoveries of privilege and bias. Proposed here is that adapting to discomfort in this manner prepares practitioners to work alongside, not against, unfamiliar ways of knowing; I argue that this is the central tenet in ensuring all cultures are respected and empowered to participate in codesign practices.
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content Integrated Platforms and Interior Design Workflow Research View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Yuji Li, Ziyuan Yang
The integration of Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) is transforming processes and collaboration models within the design industry, opening new opportunities for innovation and efficiency. This research examines how to build AIGC-integrated platforms and how it will reshape interior design workflows and redefine the role of designers, while also addressing the opportunities and challenges introduced by these technological advancements. Theoretical contributions include a deeper understanding of the broad impact of AIGC-driven systems on creative industries, while practical insights help design professionals adapt to rapidly evolving technologies. The study is positioned at the intersection of interior design, artificial intelligence, and design management, focusing on the application of AIGC in design practices. Through a literature review and comparative analysis, it traces the development of AIGC in design, contrasting traditional hand-drawn and CAD-based workflows with those influenced by AIGC. Additionally, it examines the organizational structure of future AIGC-integrated platforms and their specific effects on different stages of design services. The results demonstrate that AIGC-integrated platforms will enhance efficiency and reshape traditional workflows, though challenges persist regarding data transparency, fairness, and the evolving role of designers. Ultimately, AIGC-integrated platforms will revolutionize interior design workflows, redefine the designer’s role, and propel the industry towards a more intelligent, automated, and accessible future.
The Integration of Virtual Materiality in Developing Sentient Experience in Museum View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Zarita Amalia, Vincentius Totok Noerwasito
In the development of digital era, technology has revolutionized our perception of architecture. The elements that constitute architecture are now not only real but also virtual. The virtual environment offers new opportunities to transform objects and phenomena, creating alternative experiences that differ from the real world. This research explores the multisensory experiences generated by the virtual materials. Sentient experience, defines as an experience involving the physical, emotional, and sensory engagement of visitors with space and content, is the primary focus on this study. An experimental method was employed to test multisensory interactions among four participants, using various stimuli of visual, accoustic, heptic, luminious and olfactory. In this multisensory experiment, visual and luminious elements emerged as priority senses in exploring museum content. The results of the movement in architecture approach indicate that the combination of virtual technology and pictorial representation can produce virtual curation in museums. The result of this research suggest that pictorial representation and virtual technology, such as video mapping, can lead to innovation in virtual curation in museum.
