An architecture student designing a space in VR.
On 13 - 15 Aug, we had the pleasure of conducting an Immersive Environment workshop for students from the National University of Singapore (NUS), M.Arch 1 studio – We Are Millennials, Mobilised!
The workshop is part of the Millennial Nomad Space research project, which proposes a human-centered approach to understand the formation and management of a multi-mobile millennial nomad’s identity and spatial practices in the private domain, urban environment and the digital realm. Millennial Nomad Space aims to foreground a spatiality paradigm and apply an affective lens to distill qualitative insights into how this globally dispersed group of highly mobile and peripatetic individuals between their twenties and mid-thirties maintain a multi-dimensional and deeply interconnected existence.
Adjust the sliders below to transit between real space and virtual space. ▼
For the millennial nomads, this workshop is:
A map,
but not a program, a plan, a project.
It is made up of many connections intended to suggest others
– connections of a peculiar sort.- John Rajchman, The Deleuze Connections
Introduction to immersive technology.
A demonstration on designing in VR.
Students get to try out the technology.
During the workshop students were presented with certain “dots”, in the form of technology, concepts, designs and ideas etc. Students make their own connections based on their personal experiences and design philosophies, while incorporating certain ideas of technology i.e. connect the “dots” to form their unique “map”.
Students were also exposed to the basic concepts on virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and simulated reality as well as an introduction to Twinmotion and Tiltbrush during the course of the 2.5 day workshop.