T.E.A.M. Time Enhanced Architectural Modeling

T.E.A.M. is a research project inside Poplab that was created to facilitate the design of kinetic projects. Time is the ingredient that allows dynamism. Normally in digital, we create three-dimensional models within two-dimensional media. In fact, today there are not commercially available programs that allow designers to create objects/elements and generate dynamic relationships between them, while immersed in a three-dimensional space. The goal of our research project is to take a first step to close this gap creating an application operating totally in virtual reality that aims to support designers in the creation of architectures, objects, and components with variable shapes and structures, thus exploring the different possible configurations to optimize the comfort and usability of spaces, as well as improving, for example, energy efficiency. T.E.A.M. is therefore a simulator – one that we are currently developing in the Unity 3D game engine – that is designed to be used exclusively in the 6DOF virtual environment using a commercial VR headset. A central feature of the research focus is the analysis and reproduction of a series of case studies, some produced by us, others chosen from existing projects. T.E.A.M. – Time Enhanced Architectural Modeling was born in 2019 thanks to Poplab Srl winning the Call of the Veneto Region POR – ERDF 2014-2020