Boertien, Roy (2021) Immersive Virtual Reality, a participatory-enhancing tool for collaborative spatial planning and design? Master thesis.
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Abstract
The emergence of collaborative spatial planning and design initiated a shift in spatial planning and design theory and practice which focussed on the inclusion of stakeholders. Within this context, a new array of tools and practical implementation of tools has evolved. Participants are invited to not only be informed about spatial plans and designs, but they have the ability and craftsmanship to express their thoughts and ideas with the help of so-called participatory-enhancing tools. Through a conceptual lens of design, this research examined the effects of Immersive Virtual Reality on the collaborative spatial planning and design process analysing stakeholder engagement, spatial planning and designing and the process of co-creation. One group of designers and one group of non-designers have been observed while using IVR for the design task of making the Zernike Campus, the Netherlands more vibrant. The results of stakeholder engagement show that tool instructions on paper are ignored, communicative and designer roles are prominently present, inclusive and exclusive participatory moments shift during the design session, communication can hamper and decrease after time and elements of hardware, software and data have encouraged and constrained the design process. The results of spatial planning and design illustrate that IVR assisted in the creation of generative design visions but faced pre-programmed difficulties during the moments of refinement and creative moments. In the case of the process of co-creation, results indicate that IVR encouraged an individual design process with collective-induced moments of discussion. The main conclusion is that Immersive Virtual Reality has the potential to be a participatory-enhancing tool, but spatial planners and designers need to be aware of self-initiated consequences during implementation which may prevent this from happening.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Society, Sustainability and Planning (MSc Socio-spatial Planning) |
| Supervisor: | Weitkamp, S.G. |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2021 14:59 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2021 14:59 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3704 |
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