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OPTIMISATION OF A DESIGN-TO-FABRICATION FRAMEWORK FOR INDIVIDUALISED HOMELESS HOUSING DESIGN IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

Nadia Haquillah Deviana Anam  and
Linus Tan
Nadia Haquillah Deviana Anam*
Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology
Linus Tan
Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology
*
Anam, Nadia Haquillah Deviana, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, nadiahdanam@gmail.com

Abstract

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Digital design tools and technologies offer new opportunities for designers to generate a diverse range of design solutions. Previous research have discussed the multifaceted use of such technologies for 1) rapid visualisations, 2) generating design options, and 3) predicting design solutions. However, such research have focused more on simplifying design for fabrication and less on the integration of individual needs in design processes. This research adopts a human-centric design approach to merge user-to-design and design-to-fabrication processes. Through a scoping review on homelessness, design, and fabrication, we contribute a user-design-fabrication framework devised for the specific and dynamic needs of homeless individuals living in Melbourne, Australia. Our findings suggests that to optimise digital design processes for individuals with specific and dynamic needs, designers need to understand, translate, and embed the social, design, and fabrication complexities of a design problem. Future research should therefore test the real-world application of our user-design-fabrication framework and evaluate the impact of such digital design processes, for the provision of more individualised homeless housing design solutions.

Keywords

OptimisationDesign processUser centred designDesign-to-fabricationHomeless housing
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 3: ICED23 , July 2023 , pp. 2845 - 2854
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