{"title":"Meta-Virtuality: Strategies of Disembeddedness in Virtual Interiorities","authors":"Vahid Vahdat","doi":"10.1111/joid.12230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/joid.12230","url":null,"abstract":"To reclaim their seat in the rapidly growing market of virtual space, designers of the built environment can benefit from reevaluating theories that see the virtual as a mere extension/reflection of the physical. By claiming ontological autonomy from external worlds, the virtual is liberated from the hegemonic control of the physical. To explore the opportunities that such disruption in the physical/virtual continuum offers, I reflect on a series of pedagogical experiments that challenge the “myth of total virtuality”—the idea that the ultimate virtual experience is total immersion. The persistent obsession to fully immerse the user in a supposedly unmediated interiority of the virtual is evident in the minimization of the virtual reality apparatus to a state of almost nothingness. In this paper, I introduce a series of alienation/defamiliarization strategies, through which designers can invoke awareness about the mediation involved in a virtual experience—a condition that I refer to as “metavirtual.” One strategy emphasizes the pixelated ontology of the virtual space by techniques of glitching, low-resolution, low-fidelity, and low-color bitmap renders. Another involves manipulating the phenomenological expectations that our perception often experiences in non-virtual environments. This includes, not only a reconceptualization of the spatial object but also revisiting the agency of the subject in the virtual world. Different modes of spatial experience through portals, flying, and teleportation, affect the subject’s perception of space, and thereby alter their measurement of time.","PeriodicalId":56199,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interior Design","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44490891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Building That Teaches: Exploring Augmented Reality Affordances in Academic Incubators","authors":"Leah M. Scolere, Laura Malinin","doi":"10.1111/joid.12229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/joid.12229","url":null,"abstract":"Efforts to enhance the experience of interior environments have led to experimentation with augmented reality (AR) technology to encourage users to participate in the built space using their mobile devices. To investigate the role of AR technologies in interior design experiences, we highlight the interdisciplinary design of a mobile AR-application to assess and enhance the effectiveness of building design strategies for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-Gold academic incubator. Drawing on user feedback data, observations, and in-depth interviews of 15 building occupants, we identified the affordances of mobile-AR for interior design. Our findings suggest approaches for contextualizing post-occupancy user feedback and interior design across the digital-physical spatial continuum and illustrate how AR has the potential to expand the goals of post-occupancy evaluations, beyond improved evaluation to enhancement, by allowing the building to teach occupants about resources while nudging them to utilize spatial features designed to enhance wellness. As hybrid interior environments are becoming more dependent on a convergence of the digital and physical, we found a series of strategies and practices for enhancing user experiences. A key contribution of our research is a framework, grounded in affordance theory, useful for designing and examining hybrid spaces at the intersection of AR and interior design.","PeriodicalId":56199,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interior Design","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41886461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elise Tackx M.Sc., Phuong Nguyen Ph.D., Ann Heylighen Ph.D.
{"title":"Student Life on the Autism Spectrum: Exploring the Role of Student Housing in Experiences of Three Students","authors":"Elise Tackx M.Sc., Phuong Nguyen Ph.D., Ann Heylighen Ph.D.","doi":"10.1111/joid.12227","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joid.12227","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>People on the autism spectrum may experience difficulties with social interactions. When living in student housing—be it purpose-built student accommodations or a house with multiple occupants—students with autism share most spaces with their housemates. This could lead to social situations in which they feel uncomfortable. In the study reported here, we explored the role of student housing in experiences of three students on the autism spectrum (and their housemates/proxies). Using participative methods including photovoice, walk-along interviews, and co-analysis (taking initial findings back to participants), we identified four concepts that offer in-depth insight into the participants' experiences: independence, (not) feeling at home, finding rest and avoiding stress, and shared versus individual space. Zooming in on the latter, we identified spatial aspects that may contribute to making student life on the autism spectrum and beyond more comfortable, which can inform future work on designing student housing.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":56199,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interior Design","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48957389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interior Design as a Relegated Discipline in the Academic and Professional Stage in Colombia","authors":"Daniel Ernesto Ronderos López","doi":"10.1111/joid.12228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/joid.12228","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56199,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interior Design","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42749540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Work Activity Pattern and Collaboration Network: New Drivers for Workplace Space Planning and Design","authors":"Chiara Tagliaro Ph.D., Yaoyi Zhou Ph.D., Ying Hua Ph.D.","doi":"10.1111/joid.12226","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joid.12226","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Information about the users' work activity patterns is essential for office space planning and the design of organizations. However, it is not clear yet what factors can be used for predicting work activities, especially at the group level. In this study, we found that work activity patterns of groups are associated with the workgroup's job function and their location in the organizational collaboration networks. Two hypotheses were tested through a survey conducted on a sample of 188 managers from an Italian utility company. The participants were asked about (1) the percentage of time different groups (based on job function and demographic composition) spent doing individual, collaborative, and mobile work; and (2) how network connectivity affected individual versus group work. The results showed that workgroups with different job functions spent different percentages of time on individual, mobile, and teamwork. Communication network connectivity is not significantly correlated with the amount of time spent on individual work, but statistical evidence confirmed that it plays an essential role for the assessment of the amount of work time spent on teamwork, even more than job functions. By investigating the factors affecting collaborations between groups, we advanced the research on work activity in large companies in order to complement existing studies that mostly addressed work activity patterns at the individual level. How information about collaboration networks can be utilized for space planning and flexible work arrangement policy-making is also discussed, in light of the changes that the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered.</p>","PeriodicalId":56199,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interior Design","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joid.12226","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43045428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Piet Tutenel Ph.D., Stefan Ramaekers Ph.D., Ann Heylighen Ph.D.
{"title":"The Pavement and the Hospital Bed: Care Environments as Part of Everyday Life","authors":"Piet Tutenel Ph.D., Stefan Ramaekers Ph.D., Ann Heylighen Ph.D.","doi":"10.1111/joid.12225","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joid.12225","url":null,"abstract":"The latest issue of [architecture journal] A + , which appears on September 20 [2021], is about architecture for children. The range of facilities for children — not only schools and nurseries but also sports halls, youth centers, playgrounds","PeriodicalId":56199,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interior Design","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43494505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hasti Mirkia Ph.D., Mark S. C. Nelson M.Arch., Heather C. Abercrombie Ph.D., Kristin Thorleifsdottir Ph.D., Arash Sangari Ph.D., Amir Assadi Ph.D.
{"title":"Recognition Memory for Interior Spaces With Biomorphic or Non-Biomorphic Interior Architectural Elements","authors":"Hasti Mirkia Ph.D., Mark S. C. Nelson M.Arch., Heather C. Abercrombie Ph.D., Kristin Thorleifsdottir Ph.D., Arash Sangari Ph.D., Amir Assadi Ph.D.","doi":"10.1111/joid.12224","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joid.12224","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In our study, the primary goal was to gain insights into cognition by measuring spatial memorability for two different types of approaches to geometry in interior design (biomorphic design and non-biomorphic rectilinear design). To better understand the processes behind the memorability differences, we also looked at how spatial memorability interacted with visual attention and spatial pleasantness. After extensive pre-testing, two standardized photographic stimulus sets were created and used during the experiment, controlling for variables such as novelty, complexity, pleasantness, and the number and density of interior architectural elements. Each stimulus set contained equal numbers of photographs with biomorphic elements and photographs with non-biomorphic elements. Subjects (<i>N</i> = 68 students, mean age = 25.4 years) viewed the first stimulus set, then were given a “distractor” task. Next, subjects viewed the second stimulus set, and for each photograph indicated whether the image was one they had seen or whether it was new. Visual attention for each photograph was monitored using eye-tracking technology, and subjects also rated the pleasantness of each environment. The data were analyzed to test for the relative strength of memorability between environments with biomorphic elements and non-biomorphic elements, as well as the links between recognition memory, visual attention, and pleasantness. The results suggest that interior spaces with biomorphic elements positively contribute to spatial memorability, are found to be more pleasant, and increase visual attention.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":56199,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interior Design","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46455732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beds Without Rooms: Sleeping Rough","authors":"Demet Dincer Ph.D.","doi":"10.1111/joid.12219","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joid.12219","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The sleep environment is considered one of the most private spaces for humans, primarily linked to a home. As the main actant of the sleep environment, a bed is usually associated with a comfortable private space: the bedroom. However, when the sleep environment is outside and visible to the public gaze, its function evolves into an urban role. This essay focuses on “beds” out of place, offering a differentiated recognition of rough sleepers. A rough sleeper's bed, as a symbolic reference to the materials placed in the public space, becomes an active part of urban life, a node where new interactions occur. Together with images of discarded mattresses left for public disposal and juxtaposed with the data based on sleep studies, this essay invokes the tension between the public and private domains of sleep. The visual images represent the discomfort of a publicly exposed bed, narrating the rough sleepers' experience: sleeping without the benefit of privacy or security.</p>","PeriodicalId":56199,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interior Design","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joid.12219","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49229008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hybrid Workplace: Activity-based Office Design in a Post-pandemic Era†","authors":"Işıl Oygür Ph.D., Özgür Göçer Ph.D., Ebru Ergöz Karahan Ph.D.","doi":"10.1111/joid.12218","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joid.12218","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The majority of changes that have occurred in workplace design are human made. Over the years, we witnessed developments in workplace design mostly resulting from technological advancements and organizational strategies that have been triggered by employee efficiency and productivity concerns together with the aim of cutting down facility costs (Harrison et al., <span>2004</span>; Parker, <span>2016</span>). The transformation from traditional to activity-based offices has followed a similar trajectory.</p><p>Activity-based offices have been the uprising workplace design strategy since its early application in technology and consultancy firms in the 1990s (Sachs, <span>1995</span>). Activity-based offices provide different workstations for diverse work tasks (Wohlers & Hertel, <span>2017</span>). The purpose of an activity-based office is to reduce rental and building costs (Haapakangas et al., <span>2018</span>) while maintaining employee satisfaction and growth in productivity with workplace designs that target increased interaction among employees (Appel-Meulenbroek et al., <span>2011</span>). This type of workplace design typically consists of unassigned workstations on a floor plan tailored to host different activities including collaborative work (e.g., meeting rooms, hubs, team benches), relaxation and socialization (e.g., break-out rooms, lounge corners, cafès), and concentration (e.g., cubicles, quiet rooms). Because employees do not have assigned desks, this requires the implementation of “clean desk policies” meaning no one can leave personal belongings, and they must keep the workstation that they use for the day, clean. These types of office strategies are cost-effective, especially for organizations where employees can also work elsewhere. Studies by Laing (<span>2013</span>) and Oseland et al. (<span>2013</span>) showed that organizations can cut costs if they keep the “desk-share ratio,” which is the ratio of desk space to the number of employees, between 50% to 70%.</p><p>This approach to workplace design has been aggressively promoted due to a non-hierarchical working environment, while enabling communication and collaboration among employees of all levels (Engelen et al., <span>2019</span>; Wohlers et al., <span>2019</span>) with the practices of clean desk policy the trend. On the other hand, key findings from activity-based office research are pointing to issues related to poor indoor environmental quality (Candido et al., <span>2019</span>), privacy, personal control, territoriality, and organizational commitment (Elsbach & Pratt, <span>2007</span>; Göçer et al., <span>2019</span>).</p><p>Until COVID-19, the focus on activity-based office designs was to address these negative issues. However, the state of emergency due to the pandemic has overruled our knowledge on workplace design with the induction of a series of new evaluations, modifications on the ways of working and/or sharing of spaces, practices, and tempo","PeriodicalId":56199,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interior Design","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joid.12218","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46688051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sense of Classroom Community in Interior Design Studios: In-Person Learning Versus Online Learning Approaches","authors":"Linda Nubani Ph.D., Eunsil Lee Ph.D.","doi":"10.1111/joid.12217","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joid.12217","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Numerous studies have observed the importance of sense of community in online learning. However, developing sense of community in online interior design studios is yet to be explored. The primary purpose of this study was to assess students' perceptions of the sense of classroom community (SCC) and learning experiences after switching their in-person to online design studios during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Additionally, we examined students' characteristics that affect SCC in online learning and the impact of SCC on students' academic motivation and comfort levels. An online survey was administered to 100 undergraduate students enrolled in design studios at an accredited interior design program at a large public U.S. institution. From this, 57 students responded to the survey. The SCC questionnaire was based on the four dimensions of Rovai's classroom community scale. Additional items included open-ended questions and students' characteristics such as their overall grade point average (GPA), family home environment, students' prior online learning experience, and adaptation time to the Zoom platform. The results showed that the SCC scores of four dimensions (trust, spirit, learning, interaction) were significantly less among students during their online than in-person studios. Students' characteristics had a mixed impact on SCC dimensions. Additionally, SCC was a significant predictor of students' academic motivation and comfort levels in online learning. The study results are important as they make a valuable contribution to the growing area of research on online learning by advancing the understanding of students' SCC and learning in online design studios.</p>","PeriodicalId":56199,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interior Design","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joid.12217","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46618937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}