1st Edition

Digital Participation and Collaboration in Architectural Design

By Richard Laing Copyright 2019
160 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The emergence of new digital and visualisation technologies in recent years has led to rapid changes in the field of architecture. Current drives to incorporate building information modelling as a part of architectural design are giving way to the increased use of IT and visualisation in architectural design, user participation and group collaboration. As digital methods become more mainstream,... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Digital Technologies in Architectural Design. 3. Digital Visualisation in Practice 4. Democratic Visualisation 5. Collaboration and Participation 6. Future Directions 7. Final Remarks

Biography

Richard Laing (PhD MRICS) is Professor of Built Environment Visualisation at Robert Gordon University, where his research has concerned the use and effects of visualisation within architecture, construction and public engagement. His work has included numerous projects with colleagues from across Europe, as well as the supervision of research students in fields such as collaborative design, environmental economics and built heritage conservation. He was born in Vancouver and grew up in Scotland.