A Study on the Modification of shape and Boundaries in Architectural Space

This paper explains the idea of inception space from Inception (2010), a movie directed by Christopher Nolan, to explore the inception space potential in designing architectural space. Inception space is an architectural space design mechanism that translates the essential experience of space users as an effort to implant idea in the form of positive emotions. In other words, the architectural space is a medium of inception to a space user or a target (mark). The main purpose of inception space design is to affect the target (mark) by planting the idea ‘secretly’. The target is unaware of the intervention and considers the idea presented itself. This process becomes the beginning of an idea to grow in one's mind the beginning of mindset and behavior change. In other words, architects or planners can apply this mechanism to design and influence users so that the design success rate can be improved. The main design keywords as part of the inception process are perception, memory, scenario, layer, and labyrinth. The development of design methods of inception space can be explored and applied to different targets and contexts by applying these design keywords. For example, this design mechanism can be applied to people with dementia who experience memory and visuospatial deficit through wayfinding programming.

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The Effect of Information Technology on Fluidity of Contemporary Architectural Space

Wasit Journal of Engineering Sciences ◽

10.31185/ejuow.vol7.iss1.115 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 62-72

Author(s):

Shatha Abbas Hassan ◽

Noor Ali Aljorani

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Communication Systems ◽

Research Problem ◽

Architectural Space ◽

Human Thought ◽

Technological Developments ◽

Ease Of Access ◽

The Impact ◽

Role Of Information

The increasing importance of the information revolution and terms such as ‘speed’, ‘disorientation’, and ‘changing the concept of distance’, has provided us with tools that had not been previously available. Technological developments are moving toward Fluidity, which was previously unknown and cannot be understood through modern tools. With acceleration of the rhythm in the age we live in and the clarity of the role of information technology in our lives, as also the ease of access to information, has helped us to overcome many difficulties. Technology in all its forms has had a clear impact on all areas of daily life, and it has a clear impact on human thought in general, and the architectural space in particular, where the architecture moves from narrow spaces and is limited to new spaces known as the ‘breadth’, and forms of unlimited and stability to spaces characterized with fluidity. The research problem (the lack of clarity of knowledge about the impact of vast information flow associated with the technology of the age in the occurrence of liquidity in contemporary architectural space) is presented here. The research aims at defining fluidity and clarifying the effect of information technology on the changing characteristics of architectural space from solidity to fluidity. The research follows the analytical approach in tracking the concept of fluidity in physics and sociology to define this concept and then to explain the effect of Information Technology (IT) to achieve the fluidity of contemporary architectural space, leading to an analysis of the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) architectural model. The research concludes that information technology achieves fluidity through various tools (communication systems, computers, automation, and artificial intelligence). It has changed the characteristics of contemporary architectural space and made it behave like an organism, through using smart material.

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Architectural-space exploration of approximate multipliers

Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design - ICCAD '16 ◽

10.1145/2966986.2967005 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Semeen Rehman ◽

Walaa El-Harouni ◽

Muhammad Shafique ◽

Akash Kumar ◽

Jörg Henkel

Keyword(s):

Space Exploration ◽

Architectural Space

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The Cognitive-Emotional Design and Study of Architectural Space: A Scoping Review of Neuroarchitecture and Its Precursor Approaches

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s21062193 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 2193

Author(s):

Juan Luis Higuera-Trujillo ◽

Carmen Llinares ◽

Eduardo Macagno

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Built Environment ◽

Present Article ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Neural Activity ◽

Emotional Design ◽

Architectural Space ◽

Future Design

Humans respond cognitively and emotionally to the built environment. The modern possibility of recording the neural activity of subjects during exposure to environmental situations, using neuroscientific techniques and virtual reality, provides a promising framework for future design and studies of the built environment. The discipline derived is termed “neuroarchitecture”. Given neuroarchitecture’s transdisciplinary nature, it progresses needs to be reviewed in a contextualised way, together with its precursor approaches. The present article presents a scoping review, which maps out the broad areas on which the new discipline is based. The limitations, controversies, benefits, impact on the professional sectors involved, and potential of neuroarchitecture and its precursors’ approaches are critically addressed.

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The Sustainability of Regenerative Cafes Utilizing Idle Industrial Facilities in South Korea

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13094784 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 4784

Author(s):

Jun-Sik Eom ◽

Sung-Hoon Yoon ◽

Dai-Whan An

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Space Utilization ◽

Industrial Facilities ◽

Architectural Space ◽

Tourist Destinations ◽

Architectural Spaces

This study investigates the sustainable values of cafes established using idle industrial facilities that are a part of the cultural heritage of South Korea in terms of the characteristics of the architectural space and consumers’ space utilization. Twenty regenerative cafes in five regions were selected, and five of them were analyzed by comparing their characteristics with those of the conventional cafes. Unlike conventional cafes, regenerative cafes have architectural spaces that seem to be non-everyday and elicit a feeling of the passage of time. Users utilized these cafes as spaces for activities and experiences for long periods compared to conventional cafes. Consequently, regenerative cafes were found to contain sustainable values as complex networking spaces, as cultural heritage that can be experienced and as independent tourist destinations. Regenerative cafes have become unique differentiated architectural spaces utilized by several users.

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Research on the Disaster-Prevention Transformation Strategies for Existing Urban High-Rise Housing

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.353-356.2256 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 353-356 ◽

pp. 2256-2262

Author(s):

Wei Dong Kong ◽

Jian Zeng ◽

Jing Zhong

Keyword(s):

Building Materials ◽

Disaster Prevention ◽

Prevention Strategies ◽

Architectural Space ◽

High Rise

From the perspective of architecture, this paper discusses the disaster-prevention strategies for existing urban high-rise housing. Through an analysis of architectural space, architectural structure, and building materials of existing high-rise housing, the paper puts forward disaster-prevention strategies with the purpose of reducing and alleviating casualty loss, and ensuring effective evacuation of residents.

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