Creativity, complexity, and precision: information visualization for (landscape) architecture

Author

Büscher, Monika ; Shapiro, Dan ; Christensen, Michael ; Mogensen, Preben ; Ørbaek, Peter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Sociology, Lancaster Univ., UK

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

167

Lastpage

171

Abstract

Drawing on ethnographic studies of (landscape) architects at work, this paper presents a human-centered approach to information visualization. A 3D collaborative electronic workspace allows people to configure, save and browse arrangements of heterogeneous work materials. Spatial arrangements and links are created and maintained as an integral part of ongoing work with `live´ documents and objects. The result is an extension of the physical information space of the architects´ studio that utilizes the potential of electronic data storage, visualization and network technologies to support work with information in context

Keywords

CAD; data visualisation; groupware; human factors; user interfaces; 3D collaborative electronic workspace; CAD; data storage; ethnographic studies; heterogeneous work materials; human-centered approach; information visualization; landscape design; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Computer science; Data visualization; Electrical capacitance tomography; Humans; Logistics; Memory; Sociology; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Visualization, 2000. InfoVis 2000. IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT

ISSN

1522-404X

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0804-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFVIS.2000.885105

Filename

885105