1. SD5528 Graduate Studio Workshop II
International Collaboration Project with QUT
Design Report
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design MDes Interaction Design 2010-2011
2. collaboration with
Brian Chan Shek Chuen (10625289G)
Gu Pan (10535211G) Henry Kaschig
Alyssa Hodgen
MDes Interaction Design 2010-2011
School of Design Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering
3. Content
Introduction User Experience
Assignment Scenario 1 - Create archive
Progress Scenario 2 - Exploration
Scenario 3 - Contribution
Research Information Architecture
Analysis of Library Public wall user Interface
Key insights of Brisbane
User activities at HSW Architecture
Spacial arrangement
Understanding Design People flow
Concept statement Flood
disappearing knowledge
Subculture Conclusion
Benefit
MAIA Developing plan
The basis Personal reflections
Interaction model Brian
System diagram Gu Pan
5. Assignment
In this international collaboration project, you will be partnering with 3rd year tial boundaries, programme lifecycle and/or lifespan
Architecture students from the school of Design at the Faculty of Built Environ- 5. Augmenting physical spaces with digital technologies (supporting performa-
ment and Engineering of the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, tive qualities of architectural programme)
Australia. Together, you will be challenged to design a library and its pro- 6. Psycho-social needs of vulnerable groups in crisis situations: disaster relief
gramme of services which will be built in a designated site in Brisbane. and intervention
You should work in close collaboration with your QUT partners right from the
beginning, to define the desired library programme for both an everyday sce- DELIVERABLES
nario and one that is under emergency situations. In the latter part of the pro- A holistic, integrated design proposal outlining the library programme and its
ject during design implementation and visualization, your QUT partners will be supporting system of services and products (hardware/ software). The following
more concerned with designing the formal qualities of the architectural entities, deliverables are expected from your proposal to communicate the viability of
while you will contribute more in terms of crafting and communicating the user your design:
experience, and designing a system of services and hardware/software prod- • Information flow models as study diagrams and/or to communicatehow
ucts. When appropriate, you should also be designing visual interfaces to some your design works
of the software products you propose as well. • System diagram, information architecture, and interaction models illustrat-
NOTIONS TO EXPLORE ing component elements and their inter-relationships
Below are some of the ideas that teams should be investigating in this project: • User interface design showing key screens and functionality
1. In architecture, performative versus formal and aesthetic invention: ‘what it • A Flash interactive demo or animated sequences showing key interaction
does’ versus ‘what it is’ design
2. A library programme versus a library building: multiple purpose versus sin- • User experience scenarios in video format
gular identity • Any other representations that will help communicate values of your design
3. Planned programme versus ad-hoc/on-demand/temporary/ spontaneous • Self-reflection on learning experience in this collaboration
programme • A project website that showcases details of the proposed library programme
4. Notion of time having a bearing on programme design: temporal and spa- design (to be uploaded one week after final presentations)
6. Progress
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
Research
In-depth
research
This actually was six weeks project from 29 March to Idea
12 May, the seventh week was only for report. There generation
were two presentations during the time, the middle
Concept
presentation was at week4 and final presentation at development
week6. We met with tutors 2 times a week.
System
We have spent almost two-thirds on research. Design
Because the users and site are in Australia, we didn’t
understand the actual situation on every aspects, so Scenaria
we have to do the research on and off during the
whole project. Information
We only have two weeks for the execution. Because Design
the limitation of time, We have started the interface Interface
design last 3 days. Design
We have also used the weeks 7 to refine the details of
system design, user experience, interface etc. Report
March 29 – May 12, 2011
8. Analysis of Library
Thought the secondary research, we came up these following points which are Below Statement is our analysis of library:
the generic and traditional meaning of library.
• A place in which literary and artistic materials, such as books, periodicals,
newspapers, pamphlets, prints, records, and tapes, are kept for reading,
reference, or lending.
• A collection of such materials, especially when systematically arranged.
Collect & store the data,
• A room in a private home for such a collection.
• An institution or foundation maintaining such a collection.
information & knowledge. To
• A commercial establishment that lends books for a fee.
give people access, in order
•
•
A series or set of books issued by a publisher.
A collection of recorded data or tapes arranged for ease of use. to create wisdom.
• A set of things similar to a library in appearance, function, or organization:
a library of computer programs.
• Genetics A collection of cloned DNA sequences whose location and identity
can be established by mapping the genome of a particular organism
9. This interaction model of a generic library, it showed the relationships between users’ action in this model. The green boxes are the new technologies which
users and users, staffs, information, facility, environment etc. when they are have been applied and developed for the new generation library.
using the resources from library. You can also find people’s behaviour and the
10. Key insights of Brisbane
Location History
• Centre of the Brisbane, it is on the edge of four distinct areas. Brisbane The wharves were built in the 1930’s when the Story Bridge was built.
City , New Farm, Fortitude Valley and Kangaroo Point It was used by Howard Smith Co. Ltd (the company) from mid-1930s
• Multiple People use site: business people, runners/cyclists, residents, until early 1960s; during this time storage sheds and other buildings
students and possible tourists. were constructed there. It is a historical site; it shows Brisbane’s past
• HSW is an area for people to pass through. People just cycling and and how we were very reliable on the river when Brisbane was a young
running settlement.
• Less people go there at night, and more people go there for run on
weekends.
11. Art & Culture Flood
• Brisbane will be Australia’s next cultural centre • So Call ’100year flood’ happened at January 2011. All of it covered
• The Queensland Cultural Centre, located at South Bank, within by Flood.
the suburb of South Brisbane is the cultural hub of Brisbane. The • At 1974 another flood a little bit worse than this one, not even in
Queensland Cultural Centre contains the Queensland Museum, the 100 years.
Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, the State Library of • The floods in January 2011 have caused significant damage to the
Queensland and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. site.
• “Brisbane’s startling cultural renaissance has Melbourne’s arts • People will face periodic flooding positively, it becomes an Event.
mandarins worried.”
12. User activities at HSW
In the participant research, we identified the
relationship between people and Howard
Smith Wharves.
The diagram illustrated how people are using
the Howard Smith Wharves previously. The
divided in 4 periods by time of a day such as
morning, afternoon, evening and night. The
black colours are about the current activity
and the read colour represented the future
possibility.
14. Concept statement
Document, Save and Share
disappearing Knowledge in
order to protect minority, and
cultural Knowledge.
15. This is s new definition for our library. This basic value still the same as disappearing.
traditional library, but the content would be provide by user and context User could use this place to teach and share their special knowledge,
would be the minority, cultural and traditional knowledge. everyone can hold a class. For example, if I am willing to teach people
a traditional technique, I can go to library and post this message on the
This idea aimed to personal impartation, keep unique and special interactive wall. If people interest in it, and gather enough people. Then
technique. Globalization, urbanization and digitalization make people I can hold a class at the library.
life easier, however minority, cultural and traditional knowledge is also
16. disappearing knowledge
During the design development, we spent a lot of time to figure out what Australia Society
is culture and disappearing knowledge. We started at understand the • The initial population of Australia was made up of Aborigines and
Australia Society, Australia Culture and Queensland & Brisbane culture, people of British and Irish descent.
on the other hand we researched for the definition of culture. •
After this we came up some different ideas and moved round in between • In the last thirty years, Australia has liberalized its immigration policy
the Australia indigenous culture, Brisbane subculture and contemporary and opened its borders to South East Asia.
culture back and forth. Those ideas faced to totally different problems, • With changing times, the culture of Australia became Americanized
but they all also could fit in our concept statement and framework. in terms of food, dress, lifestyle, and celebrations.
Those ideas leaded me to the final solution, in this report I couldn’t go
through every single details of each idea. It only showed the key points. Australia Culture
The details development process please read our online project log. • The culture of Australia is essentially a Western culture influenced
by the unique geography of the Australian continent and by the
diverse input of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and
various waves of multi-ethnic migration which followed the British
colonization of Australia.
• Australia has a vivacious artistic and cultural prospect in music,
theatre and dance.
17. Indigenous Culture Brisbane’s Contemporary Library
population: This Library belongs to and created by every Brisbane residents. It is all
• 550,000, 2.7% of Australia’s population, about Brisbane and its people.
• 146,400 at Queensland The collections would include every period of the city development
languages: from Brisbane early settlement, modern to present. It still divided into
• 200 of these remain in use, two sections which are ’self-created’ and ‘normal collection’. The ’self-
• 20 are considered to be endangered created’ sections mean sharing, impartation and Recording. The ‘normal
• Aboriginal people today mostly speak English, collection’ means collect material from other library and museum.
Culture:
• Belief, however 72% is Christian Here is the Library categories basically divided into :
• Music, Astronomy, Literature,Film Literature –Books, Film, Art, Music, Design, Culture, Oral (History)
Collection, Electronic Databases and Others.
• There are no specific Indigenous museum in Australia
All of those things should belongs to or created by every Brisbane.
But i quite worry about there are not enough Indigenous people to share.
18. SubCulture
Definition of Culture Definition of Subculture
The cultivation of individuals through the agency which passively accepted commercially provided
of external forms which have been objectified in styles and meanings, and a ‘subculture’ which
the course of history. actively sought a minority style … and interpreted
—— Georg Simmel it in accordance with subversive values.
—— David Riesman
<Subculture the Meaning of Style>
Culture included written & spoken language,
region, Music, Literature, Art, movie, living style • In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a
and so on. group of people with a culture (whether distinct or hidden) which
—— Raymond Williams differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong.
• Subculture should also distinguish from countercultures based on the
level of immersion in society. If it can get exposure in its society, it
• “culture” to refer to a universal human capacity. would become pop culture, then culture.
• The distinct ways that people living in different parts of the world • Subculture can be interpreted as a starting period of a new culture.
classified and represented their experiences, and acted creatively. If it can get popular, it would survive in a small scale and hard
• Culture is describing the existence of a person or a group of people situation. It would die out easily in any moment, it there don’t any
• Culture is common, a serine of common concepts, values, lines of document. It just like never happened.
conducts, it is a acceptable standard of individual behaviour.
• Culture is the thing we have to learn but not by instinct.
21. The basis
The library consists of three sections, it react with each others to form the
basic system:
• Section1
public space, for people to share their knowledge and vote for
their favorites
• Section2
Programme space, people can impart their unique techniques at this
area, recording system is situated in each ‘room’ such as camera,
Programme motion capture etc.
Public Wall • Section3
Archive space, it will use to store the records, and will be accessible
to all library users
Services:
• Interactive system to share and vote
• Provide an impartation, sharing area, when it gathers enough people
• A record service to save it into the library database
Archive • System for user to access the old record
• Outward team, they would record the thing that couldn’t happen in a
library.
22. Interaction model
The purpose of drawing an Interaction Model is to show the relationship
between five key elements of the interaction: Agent, Agency, Act, Scene
and Purpose. In this case, it is a relationship between people, library system
and the information of subculture knowledge. Specifically, there are three
circles in the diagram to show this relationship.
The first one is between the people and library system. It included
contributors and normal users while the library system has three sections.
They are Public wall, Archive and Program space. So, we can know how
contributors and normal users use these three sections of the library system.
For example, Contributors contribute things onto the public wall then the
normal users can vote, explore, and browse the post on it.
The second circle is between the library system and subculture knowledge.
The subculture knowledge is one kind of information. This information flows
in the system. At first, it is presented on the public wall and showed in the
program space. The video of the program can be saved into the archive as
well as some text data.
The third circle is between the people and knowledge. People can view
the knowledge from public wall and archive or join in the program in the
space.
24. System diagram
The system of MAIA subculture library consists of three sections. They all
have different functionality, but it also inked up and react with each other
when different people interact with it.
The public wall is big interactive multi-touch wall screen, it divided in two
parts. The Core UI which is for all users to access to whole library system
and archive, we have talked about details on later chapter. The other part
is the programme notice wall, it shows the upcoming programme, and
users could interact with it to search, bookmark and join the programme
by using it.
The programme section is also divided in two parts. The management parts
is for library to management the spaces, schedule, student, contributor
etc. Because all the programmes are created by user, so library only have
to organize it well. The other part is record services, which is one of the
most important services of the library, recording system is situated in each
‘room’. It would record the entire programme, digitalize it and put in into
the library archive.
The last section is the Archive, it only store digital material, and all the
knowledge and information will be digitalized. The collection included the
‘collect from outside’ and ‘self-created’ two parts. Library would collaborate
with others museum and library, record or borrow their collocation. Self-
created mean the knowledge that created by the library itself.
25. Hall
Meeting room
Offer Space Public space
Schedule
Student
By Date Management Contributor
By Categories Programme Notice Programme
Public Wall Record Service Document
Audio
Core Core UI Video
Box
others
Seek
Contribute
Archive
Categories Collection lend & Return
Literature
Art Self created
Design Video
Fashion Audio
Music Written material
Film Art Piece
Living
Designed Object
Oral Collection
Community
others
Collect
Video
Audio
Written material
26. User Experience Scenario 1 Create Archive
In the scenario, it generally explains MAIA’s operation. It is about a normal
user recommend a contributor to library. Showed the interaction between
referee, contributor, library, library services and other users
Paul
Brisbane Vote
New Farm resident
Vote
Vote
He likes Vote Vote
hion
local fas Cool Stuff !! Vote Vote
Vote
Vote
1. Paul lives in New Farm. He likes local handmade fashion 4. Jacqueline’s information will appear on the library public wall.
5. People like to know more about hers and vote for hers.
Suggest
Library
Library
3. He recommends and put her stuffs on the library public wall by online platform. 6. Once Jacqueline’s specialty get enough votes.
7. Library will tell her that some people are interested in her designs.
27. OK!
Document Add
Archive
Library
she is welcome to this and going to put her design into library archive
8. And ask her to contribute to the library archives. 12. Her contribution to Brisbane subculture has been well documented.
9. Jacqueline is welcome to that and going to put her design into library archive.
Document
Interview
Digitalize
10. Library well document her design, interview her and digitalize everything.
11. Jacqueline and her XIOUX have been added into library archive.
28. Scenario 2 Exploration
This scenario is more about the general user, it showed how is he explore the
library. It included all 3 sections experiences of the library, vote for contribution,
Join programme, access to archive and loaded up his personal record.
It also introduced the key frame of the public wall interface.
Tom Parker
Brisbane
University student
Search
in
l Music Public wall
Like Loca
1. Tom, a Brisbane university student, likes local music a lot. 3. Using the public wall to search for music.
goes
Library
2. He likes to go to the subculture library. 4. Today Tom wants to listen to funky music.
29. 5. First he find some interesting posts on the contribution. 7. And if there’s any upcoming programs.
6. He likes to see more about this and vote for it. 8. browse for the archive and find Yeo Choong.
30. 9. This sounds good, add to favorites. 11. Then leaves the public wall and find a seat.
10. He feels a bit tired and logout. 12. Click Box.
31. 13. Load up the Yeo Choong from the archive favorites
14. Listen
Enjoy
the music at
Pods
15. Enjoying the music at Lounge.
32. Scenario 3 Contribution
This illustrated the experience of a contributor. It talked about how is the
contribution become a part of the library archive. and also mentioned how
are the programmes be formed.
Anna Day
Brisbane
Tattoo artist
Contribute
Document
Library
1. Anna, a Brisbane tattoo artist, her works is quite unique. 3. And put her works into the library collection.
Upload
Share
Brisbane’s people
Library
2. She wants to share her designs to Brisbane’s people. 4. Anna uploads her specialty onto library public wall though the online platform.
33. Exhibition space
Vote
Vote
Vote offer
Vote Vote Library
Vote Vote Lecture room
Vote
Vote
5. People like her works a lot and vote for her. 8. Library offers her an exhibition space and a lecture room.
Library
6. once Anna’s specialty get enough votes. 9. Anna can has a personal exhibition at the library.
7. Library will contact Her to understand her need.
34. Add
Record Archive
10. She also gives a talk at the opening ceremony.
11. At the meantime, Anna’s stuff have been documented and added into the library
archives.
35. Information architecture
There are two main ways to access the library system by using the user In the part of Contribute, people can post their own special subculture
interface. One is on the Public wall in the library. Another is an online skills or recommend a person who has special subculture skills to the
website. People can visit it anywhere and do almost everything like the library system. No matter the skill will be showed through some archives
Public wall version. or a program such as a speech, some impartations or an exhibition, it
must get enough votes to become an available project. So, users can
On the Public wall, library visitors can find a Program notice board. vote any other projects that they support in the Contribute part.
It presents recent activities, and the information can be arranged by
different categories or different data type like month, week or last three Sometimes, people do not know what they want to get, so they can
days. seek the information in the part of Seek. The archives and programs are
classified into nine kinds, for example literature, art, design, fashion and
Since the public wall is a multi touch screen, there are more important so on. Users can also seek the programs by schedule.
functions. Each person can start a personal interface on the public wall
after login. There are four main functions of the personal part. They are The functions of Search and My Box will be explained with the prototype
Search, Contribute, Seek and reviewing the information in My Box. of Public wall user interface below.
36. Public Wall Online Version
Login Programme
Notice Board
By Categories By Date
CONTRIBUTE SEARCH SEEK
Show Three Days
Exhibition Week
Speech Month
Recommend Vote Contribute Push news Categories Schedule Sharing
Impartation
Literature
Art
Design
Fashion
Music
Film
Living
Oral Collection
Others
Post Archive Programme
VOTE SAVE JOIN
MY BOX
37. Public wall - User Interface
This is the prototype of Public wall user interface. After logging the system,
Sign out people can start the personal interface (see Illustration1). The system will
push some news that you may interested in and offer a search bar in the
Pan, Good afternoon!
center, because most people go to the library with clear purposes and want
3
to get the information quickly by searching. The push news and search
Click here to search
results will be divided into three categories: Post, Archive and Program, so
You maybe interested in users can clearly know what kind of the information is.
Post Archive Programme
MAY
We can see three big buttons around the center part as well. They are
6 Alyssa WOW! 18 The S Contribute, Seek and My Box. The detail information of Post, Archive and
CONTRIBUTE SEEK
25 TOP L... White
MAY
18 Matrix Program will be showed on the opening sub-user interface of Contribute on
17 Henry Chords MAY the left and the Seek one on the right (see Illustration2).
29 Value...
My Box is a place where people can review the information. This function
JUN
36 Brian History...
2 FUNZ
is divided into three parts: Join, Vote and Save. This classification method
is based on human activities, because when people go to the library, they
MY BOX
actuality do three things: joining in the program, voting for post (The post
can be divided into two kinds: Archive and Program) and saving the data
Illustration1 (The data can be divided into three kinds: Post, Archive and Program). This
method gives more concern on human behavior, so the interaction will be
more natural.
38. Sign out
3 Pan, Good afternoon!
Georia Yeo Choong
Funky music MUM
Experimental music
funky music
Soul music
Post Archive Programme
MAY
21 Georia Wild C 20 MUM
21 VOTE 39 JOIN
MAY
6 Alyssa WOW! 25 The G
Archive Programme CONTRIBUTE JUN SEEK Archive Programme
25 T-Show White 2 FUNZ
They were words 17 Henry Chords T Show DETAIL
Take it down 36 Brian History... Complex room MAP
Freedom without reason 14:00 MAY. 20, 2011 SCHEDULE
MY BOX
JOIN SCHEDULE
MAY Yeo Choong 39
20 MUM
MAY Scott Spark 19
25 The Globe Theatre
VOTE Archive Programme
21 Georia
52 Peter
SAVE Post Archive Programme
21 Anna Day
26 Peter
Hand-made craft show
Illustration2
40. Spacial arrangement
This figure showed interior
arrangement on each zones of
library. it talked about the facilities,
functionality and user action.
41. Multipurpose hall Pods
Computer Room
Multipurpose classroom Interactive public wall
43. • Car park • People who pass by, little/no action with library.
• Night time
44. Flood
Response to the possibility of flooding
During times when flooding is an issue within Brisbane city, the bottom level
will get flooded while the second level should remain untouched, thus the
reason why the computer room and pods are raised as these rooms will
probably be the most expensive to clean out and fix after a flood situation.
46. Benefit
• Sharing has become a part of Brisbane culture. By enabling people
to easily tap into this sharing of information and entertainment, it
is hoped that the library will become an important part of Brisbane
culture.
• While the library will be constantly adapting and changing with
the times, having an archive will enable users to also access past
exhibitions and information
• Basically the new library will create an area which draws people
to the site as well as becoming a resource for those who already
venture through the site
• It is hoped that after a period of time, this library will add to the
culture of Brisbane while creating a new space for the people of
Brisbane, increasing the range of entertainment activates within the
city, and encouraging a wave of learning
• If some of it can get popular, we still would keep in the library
collection. Because it still can represent it was a subculture particular
period.
47. Developing plan
The library will be established and operated by the local youth; There
will be a strong collaboration between the library and the surrounding
subculture.
Phase 1 – A year before it opens
Material is collected from other libraries and museums
Material is collected from the local community
The library is opened and an opening ceremony is performed
Phase 2 – First year
People are invited to hold programs within the library
Various different events are held by the library
The library is promoted throughout the city
Phase 3 - Sustainable strategy
Continue to use library to collect and share information while also putting
on a range of events and entertainment for users
48. Reflections
Brian
Project review better solution if this project could has one more week.
During the project, we nine groups all were facing to similar problem
such as the site and users are in Australia, we don’t know too much of Collaboration
them. We can’t do participant research by ourselves. Every part just re- Honestly, I have felt quite frustrated and angry about the collaboration
lied on internet and our partner. But most of our partners seem didn’t very with QUT. We actually didn’t get any collaboration; they didn’t have
helpful. So most of the term can’t general idea from research insights, any idea and suggestion, they just received to our order. At first 5 weeks
most of our initial idea were quite generic and similar to each other. they almost disappeared, most of the in-depth research data came from
Jackson’s group. Pan and I only worked with the most helpful partner
Our approach was spilt the development into two parts, once we came Internet. One of our QUT partner came back at the last week, but didn’t
up the concept statement, we stuck on it and did the system design. On follow our path.
the other hand we have kept on explore different context to fit in our
framework. It seem quite work in this short project. However the problem This time ours and QUT actually in different level, they are undergraduate
was there was not easy to find a right context to fit, even the final subcul- student, my QUT partners don’t believe in research, they don’t read, no
ture idea; it still has some problem to be fixed. Sharing, minority, culture matter how I explain, they seem didn’t understand what were we doing.
and disappearing knowledge, these are the key term of our concept, it But they also didn’t listen to us.
actually a little bit conflict to the other. In the process, we found out that
the Indigenous Culture was quite match to our statement and very mean- If they are my junior at my previous job, I could blame them at least. But
ingful to Australian society. We dropped this idea, because we worry I think i will fire them in a week.
about there are not enough Indigenous people to share.
Personal
We tried to make our idea look more different than other team, so we I was an industrial designer and worked for local industrial for a long
have focused more on the system instead of the context. I think we did while. Everything of this cause to me is completely new. This is the first
a good job on the overall system, which was reason why we didn’t well system that I design for a tangible stuff. I think it would be related to my
consider how to match it with subculture. I am quite sure we could do a future career. It was fun; I quite enjoy the project.
49. Gu Pan
Two years ago, I was very lucky to join in the collaborative project be- do work together, our site has more responsibility to describe our pro-
tween PolyU and Tsinghua University, so I got to know this Interaction gram clearly since Architecture Design is more familiar than Interaction
Design program. It is very important to my life, because it is the original Design in the society. Another is that we are postgraduate student when
reason why I can be here today. After two years, when I become one they are undergraduate one, so our method of working maybe some
member of this collaborative course again, and we finish it now, I have different, for example we will pay more attention on the research. Un-
many things to reflect on. fortunately, the QUT students do not have enough passion to this subject
all the time. Thinking back, it may be partly because that we did not de-
I feel very different between these two times. Firstly, to be honest, in the scribe our specialties and research methods very clearly and infectiously
first cooperation, I was totally a follower while the PolyU students were in advanced. So, we need to show ourselves better next time.
leaders in the project. At this time, in our team, PolyU students still act as
an engine in the project. The different is that I am one part of the engine On the other hand, I think the cooperation between Brian and me is very
now. I pretty feel that the mentation is very different when you play differ- happy and efficient.The most important reason is that we always keep a
ent roles in the project. In my opinion, everyone needs to finish personal relax atmosphere when we do brainstorming or other parts of the work.
tasks at each point of the project. In addition, the engine part needs to Although showing an idea with passion is very important to a designer,
guarantee that the whole subject is always on a right track as well. It may relax and listening to others can create a good cooperation environment.
bring more pressure but as well as more sense of achievement to us. Therefore, every people can concentrate on the work itself more.
Secondly, the specialties of PolyU and Tsinghua site are very closed in Like what Catherine has said in the first class, this course is totally about
the first cooperation. However, we need to work with architecture under- cooperation. My greatest harvest of this project is to learn the way of
graduate students at this time. There are two main challenges. One is that communication and doing work with others. I believe we can do a suc-
they do not know what Interaction Design is. To a collaborative project, if cessful design after we have a good cooperation.
people want to give full play in the process, members with different skills
need to clearly know others’ strong points at first. So, before we start to
50. collaboration with
Brian Chan Shek Chuen
Gu Pan Henry Kaschig
Alyssa Hodgen
MDes Interaction Design
School of Design Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering
