Design Space Exploration of a Multi-Model AI-Based Indoor Localization System

In this paper, we present the results of a performance evaluation and optimization process of an indoor positioning system (IPS) designed to operate on portable as well as miniaturized embedded systems. The proposed method uses the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) values from multiple Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) beacons scattered around interior spaces. The beacon signals were received from the user devices and processed through an RSSI filter and a group of machine learning (ML) models, in an arrangement of one model per detected node. Finally, a multilateration problem was solved using as an input the inferred distances from the advertising nodes and returning the final position approximation. In this work, we first presented the evaluation of different ML models for inferring the distance between the devices and the installed beacons by applying different optimization algorithms. Then, we presented model reduction methods to implement the optimized algorithm on the embedded system by appropriately adapting it to its constraint resources and compared the results, demonstrating the efficiency of the proposed method.

Exploring the Experience of Contemporary Dance Practices in the Context of Global Art Choreography in the Museum Space

The purpose of the article is to examine modern projects in the field of choreography, interconnected with art museums that open doors for choreographers and together embody creative ideas. It is this creative, largely subjective, controversial dialogue between the museum and dance, accompanied by comments of art historians, choreographers, and artists, that gets its meaning in the presented material. The novelty of the study lies in assessing the main directions of choreographic activity, which can be mutually transformed so that the museum and dance function successfully in modern conditions and build a new communicative space with the audience. Through a creative analysis of the modern experience of dance practices, it is possible to discover the principles and trends that are destined to breathe new life into the museum space. The considered examples of organising a museum space with theatrical and plastic direction interacting with it clearly demonstrate that modern visual strategies, associated primarily with its interactive substance, affect the communicative and exhibition space of the museum in different ways. A choreographic performance was analysed as part of a diverse event taking place on the territory of the cultural and historical museum complex; inclusion of dance in the dynamics of the halls of the interior spaces of the museum; entry of a choreographic performance, theatrical actions into the exhibition space of expositions; the museum itself inviting artists, choreographic schools and studios to conduct regular classes and masterclasses within the walls of the museum to popularise its collections, and other examples of forms of interaction between the art of dance and the art museum.

Evaluating the Impacts of Courtyards on Educational Buildings, Case Study in the University of Sharjah

Courtyards are traditionally associated with the Middle East countries, where climate and culture have given shape to a particular type of traditional architecture. The study evaluates the environmental and social impacts of courtyards in an educational building integrated with occupant’s interaction behavior. The case study of the University of Sharjah includes eight different courtyards unoccupied for many years, in different locations around the building with various proportions; the objectives were to examine and evaluate the impact of redesigning the interior spaces of the courtyards in terms of environmental and social aspects. The inductive and experimental approach were adopted in this research, where two surveys were conducted for the occupants, before and after the design applications. In addition to the use of eco-tech software for simulation. In conclusion, the results of surveys and interviews clarified the problem and offered some recommendations and simulation analysis provided recommendations and guidelines for designers.

REFLEXIÓN SOBRE EL DISEÑO INTERIOR EN ESPACIOS EDUCATIVOS A PARTIR DE LAS INTELIGENCIAS MÚLTIPLES DE GARDNER

El aprendizaje preescolar tiene como uno de sus objetivos facilitar el proceso de enseñanza, aplicando diversas metodologías en el aula de clase, con el propósito de reforzar el conocimiento y la inteligencia de los alumnos. Es así como busca fortalecer y fomentar el desarrollo inclusivo en niñas y niños para su óptimo desarrollo humano e intelectual en el espacio que acoge las actividades diarias de los establecimientos educativos, acompañando los objetivos de dichas instituciones. El presente artículo da cuenta de una reflexión respecto al diseño de espacios interiores para la educación primaria desde la mirada de las ocho Inteligencias Múltiples (IMG) del psicólogo y pedagogo Howard Gardner, este a su vez revisa y relaciona bibliografía sobre el trabajo de Gardner y propone alternativas para el diseño de espacios interiores que se correspondan con las IMG. Palabras clave: Desarrollo infantil, educación inicial, espacios preescolares, Howard Gardner, IMG, inclusión. AbstractThe objective of preschool learning is to facilitate the teaching process by applying various methodologies in the classroom to reinforce the knowledge and intelligence of the students. This is how preschool learning seeks to strengthen and promote inclusive development in girls and boys for their optimal human and intellectual development in the space that hosts students´ daily activities, so that these institutions attain their objectives. This article gives a reflection of interior design spaces for primary education from Eight Multiple Intelligences perspective by the psychologist and pedagogue Howard Gardner (IMG); at the same time, it reviews and relates bibliography on Gardner's work and proposes alternatives for the design of interior spaces that correspond to the IMG. Keywords: Child development, Early childhood education, Howard Gardner, Inclusion, IMG, Preschool spaces.

The “Exaggerated” Colors of Black Narcissus (1947 and 2020)

This article explores the correspondences and differences in terms of color design between two screen versions of Black Narcissus, a popular novel by Rumer Godden published in 1939. Conceptual approaches drawn upon include ideas of “the figural,” intertextuality and hybridity as central to understanding how Black Narcissus operates on many complex levels, arguing that color is a key expressive mode in their articulation. Powell and Pressburger’s 1947 film and a 2020 television mini-series directed by Charlotte Bruus Christensen are for the first time compared in relation to landscape and the natural environment; interior spaces; costume; race. The texts’ experimentation with color, lighting and diffusion enables boundaries between exterior and interior spaces, as well as between characters’ memories and repressed desires, to be problematized. As “end of empire” texts, the literary and screen iterations of Black Narcissus are related to postcolonial theories in which a series of hybrid, “in-between” spaces and cultural attitudes are explored.

ENVIRONMENTAL TENDENCIES FOR THE ARCHITECTURE FORMATION OF MODERN EXHIBITION AND EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURES

The ecological tendencies of forming of architecture of modern exhibition and educational buildings for revealing of ways of creation of ecological design decisions of this type of structures and expedient use of leading principles of eco-design of interior spaces are highlighted. The analysis of architectural decisions of existing ecological exhibition and educational institutions is carried out. It is revealed that the main task in designing buildings of this type is to ensure speed, ease and accessibility of human perception of information to initiate the process of thinking, analyzing and invoking positive feelings, as well as ensuring the predicted impact of contemporary art on the subconscious, while creating eco-safety of visitors and environment. This is achieved through the rational design of the building's multifunctionality, the use of environmentally friendly materials for construction and decoration, energy conservation, the use of alternative sources of energy, energy-saving and advanced technologies, environmental waste management, efficient use of natural lighting, design and phyto design, the location of the building on the site, to create an unbroken connection between the interior and exterior space, etc.

Utilization of the Evaluation System for Spatial Comfort toward Multi-Layered Public Hanok Facilities

This study aims to present evaluation methods that can evaluate thermal comfort reflecting traditional values of the vernacular architecture in Korea called Hanok, especially focused on modernized public facilities. For this purpose, representative vertically-sectional structures of Hanok has been categorized by the spatial configuration used for public buildings such as school, museum, library and so on. Next, a comfort assessment index was derived to evaluate the spatial comfort performance of Hanok especially with certified domestic standards and indices. Then, predicted mean vote (PMV) has further been selected as the method for the thermal assessment for their interior spaces. As a result, the surrounding conditions showed the least influence on the Hanok comfort and the adjacency type mostly affected the performance of thermal control in the aspects of the habitual sustainability. Finally, Hanok designs could positively be considered and utilized by surroundings and adjacency types that have the most advantages in terms of thermal environment.

Agility in Interior Architecture: An investigation through Prototypical Design for Interactive Spatial Dynamics

<p>This paper identifies and discusses designing interior building dynamics that, through user interaction, can be physically manipulated and maneuvered to suit a changing situation in spatial requirements/preferences. Designers have partially realised this architectural vision through both mobile and dynamic interior elements, and relocatable construction systems. Here lies the potential for a digitally manufactured modular system for spatial dynamics, providing interactive interior architecture with embedded spatial fluidity. Providing occupants of these interior spaces with the capacity to determine the spatial conditions how and when they require. Leveraging modern digital fabrication techniques like CNC timber milling and consideration of factors such as assembly/disassembly, this thesis explores ideas of tactility and kinetics of interior space and how the user interactions can exact spatial change. This research develops a modular tectonic language, with low operational - mechanical and construction - complexity. A manipulatable interior tectonic such as this would be possible to complement existing structures or other fixed designed architectural elements to provide an enhanced level of building function through a immediately influenceable spatial conditions. The research undertaken explores a series of experimental modular prototypes, each a unique response for spatial dynamics.</p>

Agility in Interior Architecture: An investigation through Prototypical Design for Interactive Spatial Dynamics

<p>This paper identifies and discusses designing interior building dynamics that, through user interaction, can be physically manipulated and maneuvered to suit a changing situation in spatial requirements/preferences. Designers have partially realised this architectural vision through both mobile and dynamic interior elements, and relocatable construction systems. Here lies the potential for a digitally manufactured modular system for spatial dynamics, providing interactive interior architecture with embedded spatial fluidity. Providing occupants of these interior spaces with the capacity to determine the spatial conditions how and when they require. Leveraging modern digital fabrication techniques like CNC timber milling and consideration of factors such as assembly/disassembly, this thesis explores ideas of tactility and kinetics of interior space and how the user interactions can exact spatial change. This research develops a modular tectonic language, with low operational - mechanical and construction - complexity. A manipulatable interior tectonic such as this would be possible to complement existing structures or other fixed designed architectural elements to provide an enhanced level of building function through a immediately influenceable spatial conditions. The research undertaken explores a series of experimental modular prototypes, each a unique response for spatial dynamics.</p>

Colour Sense Considered. The analysis of colour, light and volume in interior architectural spaces.

<p>This thesis examines the spatial comprehension and perception of architectural interior spaces through the diverse variables of colour, light and volume. The research methodology is through experimentation, adapted from the Stanford design thinking innovative design analysis process. The purpose of this research is to understand the effects of manipulating colour, light and volume in architectural interior spaces. This will be explored through various design strategies and techniques to achieve the desired experience and human emotional response in a positive atmospheric manner. This will allow architects and designers interested in applying colour, light and volume more efficiently within the interior built environment with the purpose to achieve certain atmospheric qualities and experiences. This thesis will be of particular interest to those designing to create atmospheric qualities and human emotional driven responses in interior architectural spaces. Pleasant and stimulating are the key human emotional responses that the research experiments and observations focus on.</p>