Interdisciplinary multisensory fusion: design lessons from professional architects

Ray W. Geiger; J. Timothy Snell

doi:10.1117/12.131645

1 November 1992 Interdisciplinary multisensory fusion: design lessons from professional architects

Ray W. Geiger, J. Timothy Snell

Proceedings Volume 1828, Sensor Fusion V; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.131645
Event: Applications in Optical Science and Engineering, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Psychocybernetic systems engineering design conceptualization is mimicking the evolutionary path of habitable environmental design and the professional practice of building architecture, construction, and facilities management. Human efficacy for innovation in architectural design has always reflected more the projected perceptual vision of the designer visa vis the hierarchical spirit of the design process. In pursuing better ways to build and/or design things, we have found surprising success in exploring certain more esoteric applications. One of those applications is the vision of an artistic approach in/and around creative problem solving. Our evaluation in research into vision and visual systems associated with environmental design and human factors has led us to discover very specific connections between the human spirit and quality design. We would like to share those very qualitative and quantitative parameters of engineering design, particularly as it relates to multi-faceted and interdisciplinary design practice. Discussion will cover areas of cognitive ergonomics, natural modeling sources, and an open architectural process of means and goal satisfaction, qualified by natural repetition, gradation, rhythm, contrast, balance, and integrity of process. One hypothesis is that the kinematic simulation of perceived connections between hard and soft sciences, centering on the life sciences and life in general, has become a very effective foundation for design theory and application.

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Ray W. Geiger and J. Timothy Snell "Interdisciplinary multisensory fusion: design lessons from professional architects", Proc. SPIE 1828, Sensor Fusion V, (1 November 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.131645

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