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Understanding Virtual Design Studios

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Authors:
  1. Mary Lou Maher

    1. Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  2. Simeon J. Simoff

    1. Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  3. Anna Cicognani

    1. Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  • There is currently no other book which covers computer supported collaboration and managing a distributed workspace with respect to Virtual Design Studios
  • Undergraduate/graduate courses using the concept of the Virtual Design Studio are currently on the increase in Schools of Architecture and Engineering around the world
  • A WWW site will be available, containing the electronic documents and software referred to in the book

Part of the book series: Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Basic Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Concept of a Virtual Design Studio

      • Mary Lou Maher, Simeon J. Simoff, Anna Cicognani
      Pages 3-14

    3. Network Technology

      • Mary Lou Maher, Simeon J. Simoff, Anna Cicognani
      Pages 15-35

    4. Digital Design Media

      • Mary Lou Maher, Simeon J. Simoff, Anna Cicognani
      Pages 37-67

  3. Communication and Representation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Communication in a Virtual Environment

      • Mary Lou Maher, Simeon J. Simoff, Anna Cicognani
      Pages 71-102

    3. Shared Representation in a VDS

      • Mary Lou Maher, Simeon J. Simoff, Anna Cicognani
      Pages 103-129

  4. The Shared Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. The Distributed Design Studio

      • Mary Lou Maher, Simeon J. Simoff, Anna Cicognani
      Pages 133-175

    3. A Centralised VDS Environment

      • Mary Lou Maher, Simeon J. Simoff, Anna Cicognani
      Pages 177-209

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 211-231
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The idea of a Virtual Design Studio (VDS) has been around for many years. In the early days, establishing a way of transferring documents by file transfer was enough to establish a virtual design studio. Our expectations are greater now. Along with document transfer, we expect to be able to work with others at a distance as if they were in the same physical room. We have seen how email, video conferences, and shared whiteboards can provide environments in which we can do many of the things we are used to doing face to face. The internet has changed the way we communicate at a personal level and now affects the way we work professionally. Along with the new technology and the initial excitement, we have also experienced frustration when our expectations are beyond the capability for the technology to deliver. This frustration is due to the relative immaturity of software solutions to collaboration, and also due to the lack of software support for designing. We cannot just take a set of tools off the shelf and create a virtual design studio. We first need to understand what is possible in a virtual design studio, and then understand what the technology can provide. At a more fundamental level, we need to understand the differences between working in the physical presence of our collaborators and using technology to allow us to communicate at a distance.

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  • Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Mary Lou Maher, Simeon J. Simoff, Anna Cicognani

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