Interpreting and exploiting narrative as a sketch design generator for application in VE

Abstract

The research in this paper focusses on how a narrative text can be the generator of an architectural drawing, or other architectural representation, such as an Architectural Virtual Environment. The drawn physical sketch has traditionally played that role. A particular approach to narrative has been important for some notable architects and their architecture. Ian Ritchie ( 2014), for instance, celebrates the use of poetry to describe the essential spirit of a scheme before any drawing is done. The work in the paper here describes the proposition to capture such narrative text in a systematic and structured way. We describe foundational work on how the captured narrative text has been translated into a contemporary, computer-mediated, design development environment. Different narrative accounts recalling a now demolished house form the focus case study. This case study is the vehicle through which the initial principles establishing how best to move from narrative to virtual representation are established and tested.

Establishing the potential for the application of digital storytelling to support Chinese industrial heritage

“…First of all, a linear story-based mobile application, the so-called 'linear narrative' , is a top-down narrative process that guides the user indirectly through a storycentered approach (Spierling et al, 2002). Brown et al (2020) proposed that if a memory process uses a story as a vehicle, this can be the instigator of a creative and richer thought process. The readers can immerse themselves in the world of the story they are exploring through the reading experience.…”

“…Benkari (2022) has shown how a digital documentation resource can support education in built hetitage. Virtual heritage, as a part of Digital Heritage, represents an extension of social science and information and communication technology, which improves the accessibility and recognition of cultural heritage (Brown et al, 2020) and contributes to the methodological and interpretive reconstruction of relevant academic research (Zhao, 2014). Digital re-interpretation of cultural heritage projects has the potential to be an important part of China's cultural system as illustrated by Li et al (2013) who showed that the ancient Chinese building design rules can be reinterpreted using contemporary digital parametric tools.…”