Virtual World16: virtual design collaboration for the intersection of academia and industry.

Schnabel, Marc Aurel; Kobayashi, Yoshihiro; Pencreach, Yoann; Bennadji, Amar; Choi, Dongsoo; Fiamma, Paolo; Fukuda, Tomohiro; Lo, Tian Tian; Narahara, Taro; Novak, Marcos; Ron, Ruth; Swarts, Matthew; Terzidis, Kostas; Tucker, Thomas; Vital, Rebeka

Abstract

Over the past 13 years, the 'World16'-group has collaborated face-to-face on various challenges that architectural design faces within VR, architecture, urban design, and its delivery to the professional industries. The focus of the collaboration is to foster pathways of academic research and developments to industries and professions. In 2020, due to the restrictions of the pandemic, the group had to rethink and redevelop how to collaborate meaningfully and become resilient: the World16 collaborated akin to the Virtual Design Studios (VDS) of the Nineties for the first time exclusively virtually becoming the 'Virtual World16'. The paper presents the group's various projects that are transformative to the praxis in VR architecture, design and urban design, and critically reflects on the lessons learned from VDS-paradigm.

Citation

SCHNABEL, M.A., KOBAYASHI, Y., PENCREACH, Y., BENNADJI, A., CHOI, D., FIAMMA, P., FUKUDA, T., LO, T.T., NARAHARA, T., NOVAK, M., RON, R., SWARTS, M., TERZIDIS, K., TUCKER, T. and VITAL, R. 2021. Virtual World16: virtual design collaboration for the intersection of academia and industry. In Globa, A., van Ameijde, J., Fingrut, A., Kim, N. and Sky Lo, T.T. (eds.) Proceedings of the 26th Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia international conference 2021 (CAADRIA 2021): projections, 29 March - 1 April 2021, [virtual conference]. Hong Kong: CAADRIA [online], vol 2, pages 203-212. Available from: https://caadria2021.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/caadria2021_318.pdf

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 26th Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia international conference 2021 (CAADRIA 2021): projections
• Start Date: Mar 29, 2021
• End Date: Apr 1, 2021
• Acceptance Date: Jan 20, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Apr 1, 2021
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2021
• Deposit Date: May 11, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: May 11, 2021
• Publisher: Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 203-212
• Series ISSN: 2710-4257
• ISBN: 9789887891765
• Keywords: Virtual design studio (VDS); Human-computer interaction (HCI); VR, AR, XR; Collaboration; 3D city modelling
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1334994
• Publisher URL: https://caadria2021.org/proceedings