Books by Andreas Voigt
Das Institut für Räumliche Interaktion und Simulation hat das Beziehungsfeld „Mensch und Raum“ zu... more Das Institut für Räumliche Interaktion und Simulation hat das Beziehungsfeld „Mensch und Raum“ zu seinem zentralen Thema gewählt: Mensch und Raum stehen in intensiver Wechselbeziehung zueinander. Einerseits beeinflussen Merkmale des Raumes die menschliche Wahrnehmung, andererseits wirkt der Mensch auf den Raum, verändert und gestaltet ihn. Durch Visualisierung und Modellbildung kann die Qualität der Kommunikation verbessert werden. Die Simulation von Räumen und Prozessen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von angewandten Methoden, Medien und Techniken ist in weiterer Folge Gegenstand der Institutstätigkeit. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Sammelbandes spiegeln das vielfältige Wissen der Institutsmitglieder und decken somit ein breites Themenspektrum des Dialoges Mensch und Raum ab. Verschiedene Elemente und Relationen des komplexen Systems Raum werden beleuchtet.
Conference Presentations by Andreas Voigt
Whether in splendid rural isolation or in an urban area, settlement and building structures alway... more Whether in splendid rural isolation or in an urban area, settlement and building structures always are exposed to the public. Questions as to the future design of our vital space basically always concern the public and thus call for a great deal of discussion. Launching a well-balanced debate between all those involved in the planning and design process requires clear exemplification of urban-spatial visions by means of simulation. A simulation device - called “City Simulator” - suited to conveying the multitude of spatial relations within the urban configuration and for developing urban-spatial ideas would fulfil such expectations. The complexity of the information required in this context can be coped with effectively by means of computer-aided simulation techniques focusing on digital city models. Thus the implementation of a “City Simulator” may be regarded as a decisive tool for the purpose. As those involved in the process normally consider themselves absolute novices within the context of complex planning processes, the simulator will to some extent act as a “translation machine”. This paper is based on a project proposal which has been submitted by the authors aimed at the acquisition of a “City Simulator” at Vienna University of Technology in the near future
Lacking or poor provision of comprehensive information about the spatial environment for the purp... more Lacking or poor provision of comprehensive information about the spatial environment for the purposes of effective orientation is a problem that primarily affects the blind and partially sighted, but it can also cause difficulties for older people with increasing visual impairment. This research project in progress aims to obtain new scientific findings with regard to the basic suitability and required composition of tactile models to facilitate spatial orientation for the blind and partially sighted. Tactile scale models serve as an orientation aid. Their intention is to make it easier for visually impaired people to "experience" selected structural characteristics of the real space, even if in scaled-down form. This experience allows them to experiment with space and to better recognize spatial elements and their interrelationships. It also helps them to better recognize subspaces, possible spatial sequences, as well as decision-making situations in these spaces. These tactile processes are supported by the highly sensitive tactile faculties of people with visual impairment, which are far more finely differentiated than those of sighted people who experience objects without this disability. The amount of available digital model data is constantly growing and would allow for the creation of tactile models.
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Books by Andreas Voigt
Conference Presentations by Andreas Voigt