Architecture and Interaction

Abstract

HCI is a multidisciplinary field focused on human aspects of the development of computer technology. As computer-based technology becomes increasingly pervasive -not just in developed countries, but worldwide -the need to take a human-centered approach in the design and development of this technology becomes ever more important. For roughly 30 years now, researchers and practitioners in computational and behavioral sciences have worked to identify theory and practice that influences the direction of these technologies, and this diverse work makes up the field of human-computer interaction. Broadly speaking it includes the study of what technology might be able to do for people and how people might interact with the technology. The HCI series publishes books that advance the science and technology of developing systems which are both effective and satisfying for people in a wide variety of contexts. Titles focus on theoretical perspectives (such as formal approaches drawn from a variety of behavioral sciences), practical approaches (such as the techniques for effectively integrating user needs in system development), and social issues (such as the determinants of utility, usability and acceptability).

Reciprocal Control in Adaptive Environments

“…Architects have long been engaged with embodiment theories and its relevance for the experience of static, non-adaptive architecture, as publications by, for example Mallgrave (2013Mallgrave ( , 2011, Pallasmaa and Holl (2008) and Pallasmaa (2009) illustrate. However, behaviour responsive architecture now offers new interaction paradigms, as discussed in Architecture and Interaction (Dalton et al, 2016) in general and our chapter Embodied Interactions with Adaptive Architecture (Jäger et al, 2016) in particular.…”

Aspects of Ambient UX Design Within Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Operation Processes

“…Furthermore, the design of technology-based solutions, requires the collaboration between experts of different disciplines, such as engineers and business managers, and their involvement in co-design processes. In order to manage the complexity of these physical/digital solutions, and to ensure a design result oriented towards the optimal satisfaction of users, new design approaches and mapping techniques focused on experience and on user activities are needed [1,2]. Ambient User Experience (UX) aims to provide a continuous and cohesive user experience across devices, time, and space.…”

“…For all the maps, as experience design tools, is common that they are activity-based designs [1,9]. People are always in an environment that consists of contexts and technologies, in which they are engaged in activities [10].…”

WABI: Facilitating Synchrony Between Inhabitants of Adaptive Architecture

“…Adaptive Architecture is defined as buildings that have been specifically designed to adapt to their environments and inhabitants (Schnädelbach 2010). Technology is now enabling architecture to become increasingly behaviour-responsive, which can be traced through several publications, such as Bier and Knight's (2010) Footprint issue on digitally-driven architecture, Bullivant's (2005b;2006) work on responsive and interactive environments, Fox and Kemp's (2009) book Interactive Architecture, Kolarevic's (2015) book titled Building Dynamics, Architectural Robotics (Green 2016), and most recently the book Architecture and Interaction (Dalton et al 2016). These provide numerous cases in which adaptive architecture directly or indirectly affects the behaviour of its inhabitants.…”