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Immersive Representation for User Experience Design in the Architecture Studio

Are you a frequent visitor to the University of Illinois Arboretum? And do you identify as a member of one or more of the groups listed below?

UIUC general student body
Champaign community member
Plant researchers at UIUC
Students affiliated with Japan House
Faculty affiliated with Japan House
Staff affiliated with Japan House

You are invited to participate in a 60-minute in-person interview to evaluate a building proposal for the U of I Arboretum, using VR.

Participation in this study will take about 60 minutes. Your participation will involve presenting you a design for an interpretive center at the Arboretum through three different modes of architectural representation: architectural drawings and renderings, a physical model, and a virtual reality representation. Following this, three brief exercises will be conducted in which you'll be asked to evaluate the building proposal and express your experience of the current design.

For more information, you can find the study details here.

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* To prevent risk to individuals at a higher risk of illness from Covid-19, older adults and individuals with underlying medical conditions are not eligible to participate.

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Champaign, IL
2000 sq.ft.

Below are a number of immersive views of a design proposal for an interpretive center at the University of Illinois Arboretum.

An interpretive center is a place focused on disseminating knowledge about natural and/or cultural heritage. The main purpose of this proposal is to provide an indoor gallery space for changing exhibitions about the campus, the broader Illinois landscape, and plant research being conducted at the U of I. This facility will also serve as a space for class meetings, small lectures, and other events.

This design is to serve as an icon, to represent the collective essence of the programs at the U of I Arboretum. As implied by its name, it employs multiple strategies to subtly instantiate itself as lasting addition to the existing context.
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V1 - Gallery View 1v2 - Gallery View 2v3 - Gallery View 3v4 - Gallery View 4v5 - South entry vestibulev6 - North entry vestibulev7 - Staff officev8 - restroom 1v9 - restroom 2v10 - custodian's closetv11 - Gallery storagev12- general facility storagev13 - mechanical roomv14 - south approachv15 - north approachv16 - south terracev17 - north terracev18 - japan house

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