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Human Building Interaction research group (QUT) / Dr Anna Tweeddale

Human-Building Interaction (HBI) is an interdisciplinary area of research that includes architecture, building science, ubiquitous computing, and interaction design. It lays at the intersection between comfort research from building science and human-computer interaction.

HBI considers users as completely immersed in an interactive object which is the building. The building influences users’ experience through multiple channels (heat, light, sound, space, and views). Users interact with the building to have better experiences, and their interaction could have repercussions at different scales, for example, in the operation of blinds to block natural light and increase energy consumption. With the increasing use of ambient intelligence for automatization, HBI approaches can help create new forms of interactivity for climate and human adaptive environments.

 

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ARC Training Centre for Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission.

 

with

International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (QUT) / Prof. Lidia Morowska

Centre Aims

The aim of the Centre is therefore to design and develop a building system whose elements work together to reduce indoor airborne infection transmission by improving indoor air quality (IAQ) and at the same time maintaining comfort and energy efficiency.

The specific objectives of the Centre are:

• Developing human capacity in building and controlling intelligent building systems to ensure clean air and clean energy, through training and education of industry professionals. These professionals include architects, civil and mechanical engineers, facilities managers, and building system component manufacturers.
• Conducting applied research in multi-parameter optimization and using novel technologies in the context of Australian building designs and intelligent building systems.
• Improving quantitative assessment of the efficacy of building systems and their components for IAQ improvement through state-of-the-art simulations and innovative physical testing methods.
• Designing solutions and recommendations for naturally and mechanically ventilated buildings to lower the risk of infection transmission to acceptable levels within the overall context of the building system.
• Translating knowledge and innovation for the building sector through collaboration and engagement with partner organizations and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC).

Project description:

‘Aerosol’ will creatively explore how art might provoke new thinking about living in, and interacting with, buildings and their indoor atmospheres. Informed by state-of-the-art science and technologies for monitoring air quality, as well as ventilating/filtrating indoor environment, ‘Aerosols’ will produce DIY experiments in kinetic, immersive, and interactive art.