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    Ecological Games: Mould Racing
    Roudavski, S ; Holland, A ; Rutten, J (TRANSnational STS: Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Conference and Exhibition, 2018)
    This work contributes to architectural, urban and landscape design by constructing an analytical narrative of site exploration through a locative mobile game. This contribution is important because data- or precedent-driven analysis of complex sites is insufficient for the purposes of ecological design. Seeking to alleviate this situation, the project asks whether complex sites can be better understood through embodied and situated interactions with computational simulations. We hypothesize that such simulations can be useful for design because they can deepen designers’ understandings of the environment, encourage creative participation, and expand the repertoire of design methods.
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    Participatory Design in Pocket Pedal
    Roudavski, S ; Holland, A (TRANSnational STS: Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Conference and Exhibition, 2018)
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    Place as Colour
    Roudavski, S ; Ward, W ; Burry, M ; Taylor, M ; Lee, V ; Malpas, J (Place and Paramericism Exhibition at Real/Material/Ethereal: The 2nd Annual Design Research Conference, 2019)
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    Trees as Places
    Roudavski, S ; Rutten, J ; Lee, V ; Burr, M ; Taylor, M ; Malpas, J (Place and Paramericism Exhibition at Real/Material/Ethereal: The 2nd Annual Design Research Conference, 2019)
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    Virtual Gestures, Re-Imagining Imaginary Prisons
    Loh, P ; Qu, M ; Leggett, D (University of Melbourne- Melbourne School of Design, 2017)
    VR Gesturing: Re-imagining Piranesi (Imagining Imaginary Prisons) Virtual Reality (VR) has exploded into mainstream media and is now being introduced into the design process of artists, architects and designers. This project questions the role of this emerging tool in spatial design and asks: how does this technology change the way we model objects and understand space? What aesthetics can be produced that have not yet been explored? The research presents time-based modelling in an immersive virtual environment. This endeavour is explored through the modelling of Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s Le Carceri d’invenzione; or more commonly known as; The Imaginary Prisons. This is a series of 16 Plates first published in 1750. Prints from these Plates are collated in a volume titled Opere Varie, published between 1804 – 1807 (Ficacci 2000); the first Paris edition volume is located at the University of Melbourne’s rare print collection. Research methodology: The research team used Melbourne University’s Plate VII as the starting point for the project. Through 3 dimensional digital modelling of the print, the team reveals unseen spaces of Piranesi’s Imaginary Prisons. Scholars have claimed that the spaces in the series are impossible and can only exist in paper (Mortensen 2017), however, our analytical discovery of the space reveals otherwise. Firstly, the space that Piranesi imagined on paper can exist in virtual reality; it is highly distorted but remains possible in most instances. Secondly, through VR technology, we can experience hitherto unseen spaces of Plate VII. The research team discerns that Piranesi utilizes repeating architectural motifs in the same series of Plates, and because of this discovery, the team combined multiple plates into a singular space, including the title plate of Carceri d’invenzione and the vaulted roof of the prison from Plate VI. Lastly, the final model of Plate VII is “painted” in a 3-dimensional environment in VR. This allows the user to experience the etched texture of Piranesi’s print on a physical scale as material in its own right. The model produces an anti-surface aesthetic which is unique to the VR modelling environment. Re-imagining Piranesi speculates on the use of VR as a potential design tool for the future. Outcome: The result examines the relationship between the body’s gestures and its physical manifestation; where each stroke and movement is translated into marks on the digital model. We will be capturing the interface between the physical and digital environment through Google Tilt Brush, recording it with digital film and the Xbox KinectTM to understand as well as explore these relationships. The project experiments with emerging design techniques where the physical act of the designer is placed in direct contest with the object we model; no longer are we bounded by the flatland of paper. References: Ficacci, L.: 2000. Piranesi The complete etchings, Taschen, Italy. Mortensen, C.: 2017. Piranesi's Carceri as Inconsistent. Available at: https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/philosophy/inconsistent-images/piranesi [Accessed 19 July 2017]