Construction AIDs:

Augmented Information Delivery

Dermott McMeel (Architecture and Planning) http://dspace.variablefrog.co.uk Robert Amor (Computer Science) http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~trebor/

Thought is spatial
Clark, Andy. 2001. "Reasons, Robots and the Extended Mind," Mind and Language, 16: 121-145.

AR is a spatial experience, can AR/VR influence thought?

Coyne, Richard. 2007. "Thinking through Virtual Reality: Place, Non-Place and Situated Cognition," Techn: Research in Philosophy, 10.

-Convenience, novelty. -Yet it forces the question, how do these tools affect thought?

-Where do you go to think?

-Are they provoking thought? - Or provoking us avoid thought? -In this context AR warrants serious scrutiny cognitively and has considerable potential.

Provok[AR]
defn: one who provokes

The activities of designing and makingwhen they engage with new technologiesemerge as a kind of research that develops under the questions: How does this influence the intention? How does the constraint influence the process?

Our approach
Critical mass of approaches, methodologies and solutions

Document-ar
defn: augmented reality documentation

Document-ar
built using the free junaio AR platform and application

Document-ar

Document-tardis
defn: communicative time travel
Documentation created within weeks, access to it by contractors and trades is spread out over months or years.
DMA architects (Auckland) find: Digital models valuable on site. Small number of key design components not communicated via traditional dwgs. Regularly need to refer to CAD model. Helps understanding and communication between trades. 400hr scholarship to develop on commercial project.

3D models

GA Drawings

Details

(start jan 2011)

design & construction project jan 2012)

(finish

Sem 2

Industry non-sequiturs

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Questioning communication in design and construction? STRIPPING THE RICH: How much of a BIM is needed? GOOD ENOUGH INFORMATION: What information is available and what is needed to provoke-not hinder-though? EMPOWERING THE MASSES: Considerable knowledge/skill exists on site, what can catalyse / mobilise that knowledge / discussion? 400hrs to explore these questions