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architectural design reviews a collaborative system between Liverpool and XJTLU Mike Knight, Andre Brown and Martin Winchester School of Architecture Funded by the eLearning Steering Group

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At the core of architectural teaching is the Design Review or Critique in which students present their work to both their tutors and peers to receive immediate formative feedback.

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architectural design reviews a collaborative system between Liverpool and XJTLU

Mike Knight, Andre Brown and Martin Winchester School of Architecture

Funded by the eLearning Steering Group

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background

teaching of architecture

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teaching of architecture

professionally validated degree

Royal Institute of British Architects qualification stages...

Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture 3 years

Year in practice

Part 2 MA - Master of Architecture 2 years

Year in practice

Part 3 Professional Practice exam

Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice

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teaching of architecture

Liverpool School of Architecture is the oldest RIBA course in the world with the pattern of education established here ...

• 50% taught modules

• 50% studio based

• studio design teaching is based around small group teaching and the design review or ‘critique’

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design is a collaborative process

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add

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Enric Miralles – conceptual drawing for Santa Caterina market, Barcelona

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design review (or ‘crit’)

• students present their work to tutors and their peers

• mimics what happens in practice when presenting clients and internal design processes

• a ‘crit’ is a dialogue between student, critic and peers

• Cultural differences evident in performance at a crit

• length varies according to year of study

First year : 15mins final year : 45mins - 1 hour+

• work presented verbal presentation plus analogue and digital drawings / sketchbooks / physical models / digital animations etc

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First year crit

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First year crit

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final year crit

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XJTLU

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XJTLU

• common foundation first year

• subject specific second year - mirrors Liverpool BA1 modules

current numbers first year : 128 second year : 101

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XJTLU

• common foundation first year

• subject specific second year - mirrors Liverpool BA1 modules

current numbers first year : 128 second year : 101

September 2102 : 160 XJTLU students join BA2

current research is allow XJTLU students to experience design reviews in Liverpool before they arrive

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low cost eCrit solution?

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problem definition

mobile solution to give student experience of Liverpool teaching before they arrive

video feed

3 cameras required ...

camera 1 : student (tripod) camera 2 : critics (tripod) camera 3 : work (mobile)

audio feed

2 microphones required ...

microphone 1: student

microphone 2: critics

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• System diagram

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Liverpool Suzhou

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solutions

‘standard’ video conferencing

+ high quality and proven

- expensive fixed location

does not give the atmosphere of a studio based review

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known problems

• design reviews are noisy and busy

• students unfamiliar with being filmed

• time difference to Suzhou is 8 hours

• Skype bandwidth can be unpredictable

• Chinese government control of internet

• small amount of money available

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system

Software (all streaming to Skype)

• Vidblaster (vidblaster.com)

podcasting software and digital stream mixer

• Xsplit (xsplit.com)

record and stream video streams

hardware

• 3 high quality Logitech webcams

• 2 hand held microphones (later wireless)

• audio mixing desk

requires a powerful laptop to stream and record simultaneously

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initial results

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testing process

step 1 : local recording

step 2 : test with known quality source

step 3 : initial tests with XJTLU

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step 1 : local recording

test of hardware, software and logistics

test recording of crit and tutorial recording of MA group

current MA is 97% Chinese

testing of hardware and software

looking for unforeseen logistical problems

assessment of student feedback

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overall view of students plus ‘picture in picture’ of handheld detail

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full screen of handheld detail

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overall view of detail plus ‘picture in picture of overall view

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view of critics

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overall view of detail plus ‘picture in picture’ of students

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spit view of students and critics

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tutorial recording

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stage 1 : results

• overall, better than expected

• noise : Chinese students are noisier in crits than UK students

• setup and moving of equipment needs to be quicker and simpler

• students need to learn a slightly different process

• minor changes to hardware and software configurations

unexpected feedback from students : students found recording process useful to assess their own performance

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step 2 : test with known quality source

Technical University of Graz

crit of undergraduate architecture students who were designing a scheme in Liverpool

known excellent network link quality

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deteriorating video quality

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Skype shared desktop

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Skype shared desktop

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screenshot from Graz

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step 2 : results

• some good, some problems

good

• hardware and software largely worked well apart from connection problems to old projector

• use of Skype shared desktop for digital presentations

problems

• intermittent and unpredictable Skype line quality

• dropped connections

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stage 3 : testing with XJTLU

original plan was to test with the final crit in XJTLU

but ...

logistical problems (crits at incompatible times/dates) and other staff commitments resulted in a full crit test not happening

measurements have been taken during regular Skype meetings

line quality is mainly average and frequently poor.

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overall conclusions

• hardware / software worked more smoothly than anticipated

• software has a fairly steep familiarisation period

• student feedback has been largely positive, but some prior education/familiarisation is necessary

• Skype maybe not the best solution so other networks are being tested

oovoo oovoo.com

vsee vsee.com

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future work

hardware consolidate and rationalise hardware to make more portable build into laptop and mixer in to system case

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future work

departmental plan is to have a full working system in 2012-13

• full testing with XJTLU

• recording and streaming of lectures in Liverpool

• back-to-back comparison of different networks

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