This seminar week uses experimental game design to explore architectural acoustics by developing speculative spatiotemporal environments. The course begins with playful exercises to sensitize participants to the auditory dimension of architectural environments, largely overlooked in visual-based design processes despite its significance for spatial experience. It continues by introducing tools and techniques for developing interactive spatiotemporal assemblages using the Unity game engine. These tools include workflows for digitizing real architectural environments through 3D scanning and tools for virtual acoustic simulation. Throughout the week, participants develop their own playable experience using acoustics as a design driver to express different qualities of architectural space. The week closes with a public exhibition of all projects.
Tutors
Dr. Achilleas Xydis
ETH Zurich
Anna Maragkoudaki
ETH Zurich
Constantinos Miltiadis
Aalto University
Schedule
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9:00 – 10:00 | Introduction | Input Game Design | WIP presentations | WIP presentations | WIP presentations |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Input Acoustics 101 | Unity II Virtual Acoustics | Project work | Project work | Project work |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Activity 1 Blindfold Walk | Unity II Virtual Acoustics | Lecture Dr. Carlotta Daro | Project work | Project work |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Unity I | Activity 3 Soundscapes | Project work | Project work | Project work |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Unity I | Activity 3 Soundscapes | Project work | Project work | Project work |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Input Reality Capture | Project brainstorming | WIP presentations | WIP presentations | Final Exhibition |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Polycam Blender | Concept development | Project work | Project work | Final Exhibition |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Activity 2 3D scanning | Concept development | Lecture Fabian Gutscher | Project work | Final Exhibition |
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