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Design Collaboration
  Harvard-NCTU Experiences


        June-Hao Hou, DDes
         Assistant Professor
   Graduate Institute of Architecture
    National Chiao Tung University
           Hsinchu, Taiwan



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Collaborations
      in the
Building Industry
        is
Sophisticated




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Virtual Design Studio ¡®96
   Monument to 1997 Competition
    HKU, UBC, Cornell & NCTU




       Final Design by Team 21

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Bandwidth!
Bandwidth!
Bandwidth!


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Harvard GSD ¡®98-¡¯03




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Center for Design Informatics, ¡®01




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Remote Student




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Tasks
? Student based in Honolulu, Hawaii
? 1-2 physical visits annually
? All research and meetings thru VC
? Participate to school curriculums actively,
  e.g. TA
? VC con?guration



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Design Studio




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NCTU since ¡®03
? MArchI & MArchII
? MS & PhD in Digital Media:
  ¨C   CAD/CAM
  ¨C   Virtual/Augmented Reality
  ¨C   Networked Space & Cyberspace
  ¨C   Human-Computer Interaction




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Ocean Taiwan Workshop ¡®04




    With Spunik & Vicente Guallart
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Frequent Usage
?   Invited/Guest lectures (class & workshop)
?   Thesis committee meeting
?   Team collaborations
?   Research




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Re?ection
? Trend of adopting low-cost (free) tools
? Market share of Hi-end products
? Cost of communication
  ¨C Required pre-process?
? Effective con?guration for VC
  ¨C Special needs for design professions
  ¨C HD



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Thank You




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