Author: sofija kaljevic
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Director of MindLab keynote speaker at MSTAS 2022 in Turkey
Professor Tuba Kocaturk, director of MindLab, was invited to serve as a keynote speaker at MSTAS 2022: XVI Digital Design in Architecture National Symposium. The topic of the symposium is Digital Ecosystems and Architecture. Professor Kocaturk will give a keynote titled Ambient Intelligence: A Trans-disciplinary Model of Innovation for the Built Environment in June 2022…
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Call for papers on Circular Economy and Built Environment
Director and deputy director of the MindLab, Prof Tuba Kocaturk and A/Prof M. Reza Hosseini, are selected to serve as Special Issue Editors of the Journal of Building Research & Information titled Towards a Circular Transition of the Built Environment: Systemic and Transdisciplinary Models, Methods and Perspectives. This special issue is the first to provide a…
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New Generation Emerging Technologies Graduate Program
Joint grant application to CSIRO New Generation Emerging Technologies Graduate Program, developed collaboratively between Deakin’s School of IT, School of Communication and Creative Arts and School of Architecture & Built Environment, has been successful. The consortium will be receiving $1,8M funding to establish the “Empowering Human within the Metaverse” as a transdisciplinary PhD program, that…
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MInD Lab at Geelong Design Week 2021
Deakin University’s MInD Lab will present the Geelong Digital Outdoor Museum (GDOM) during Geelong Design Week 18-28 March, 2021. On show is a virtual model of Geelong’s Western Beach area and its hidden past freshly uncovered from the archives. To register for first access and to ask the creators about the design and technology behind…
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MInD Lab at World Science Festival 2021
March 25, 2021, Concert Hall QPAC, Queensland Museum Returning to Brisbane 24 – 28 March, World Science Festival 2021 will take a fresh look at the concept of Extremes and Adaptations – what seemed like abstract ideas last year are now our everyday stark reality. How will science lead us out of our current dilemmas?…
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The team of Deakin’s A+B researchers successfully completed funded project working in collaboration with the MindLab team
January, 2021, Geelong The project titled “Digital narrative for place making: Diachronic Modelling of the Dennys Lascelles Concrete Wool Store; Geelong,” funded by the internal A+B Deakin Seed Grant, was successfully completed at the end of 2020 school year. The team members include: Dr Md Mizanur Rashid (team lead), Dr Surabhi Pancholi, Dr Chin Koi…
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MindLab secured the City of Geelong Art Industry Commission for the year 2020
13 November 2020, Geelong Project Title: (In)tangible Heritage of the Greater Geelong: Public City Space as Virtual Museum Deakin University MindLab teamed up with the artist/curator Malcolm McKinnon to create interactive digital heritage platform that will transform and connect historically significant public spaces of the City of Greater Geelong into virtual museum by using Matterport-3D…
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MindLab at UNESCO City of Design Subnetwork Meeting 2020
The social, smart and sustainable design of future cities The UNESCO City of Design Subnetwork Meeting 2020, which was hosted by Graz in cooperation with St. Étienne, focused on the social, smart and sustainable aspects of urban development. From October 5th to October 7th the conference took place as a hybrid form – online via Zoom and…
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MInD Lab is a Gold Award Winner at 2020 Melbourne Design Awards
We are thrilled to announce that the MInD Lab has received a gold award at the 2020 Melbourne Design Awards for its latest project “Experiencing (In)tangible Heritage Through eXtended Reality: Western Beach Park Geelong” In partnership with the City of Greater Geelong and our technology developer Darkspede, the project is part of the newly revitalised…
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Digital Placemaking + Green Spine Workshop
Deakin Waterfront Geelong, 9th January 2020 Together with the City of Greater Geelong representatives, MindLab hosted the first workshop “Digital Placemaking + Green Spine Project” at Deakin Waterfront on January 9th. The aim of the workshop was to discuss potential collaboration that will utilise of location-specific digital technologies to create new services, products and experiences…
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Innovation Workshop Diadem + MindLab
Diadem Offices Melbourne CBD, 7th February 2020 Following the established MindLab model of compulsory collaboration of research/education institutions with government and industry stakeholders to establish innovation ecosystems that will further drive complex problems solving to create bigger impact, the lab organized three hours long workshop with Diadem’s representatives – company’s leaders, designers, architects, managers, strategists,…
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Ambient Intelligence and Interfaces in the Built Environment Workshop
Deakin Geelong Waterfront, 10th February 2020 On Monday February 9th, MindLab hosted Ambient Intelligence and Interfaces in the Built Environment Workshop. The workshop represents one of the initiatives of the MindLab director, professor Tuba Kocaturk, to establish a new area of expertise at Deakin University in applications of embedding “intelligence” into our everyday physical spaces…
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A DESIGN WEEK SPECIAL EVENT DESIGN CITY | BUILDING AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
18 & 19 March 2020, The Pier, Geelong Deakin University, DesignMind and the City of Greater Geelong invite you to attend Design City | Building an Innovation Ecosystem, a unique international symposium that will bring together business leaders, government bodies and research & educational institutions to explore the role of Design & Creativity in driving innovation. The Symposium…
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Deakin Sustainability and Virtual Reality in Construction Workshop
7th August 2019, Deakin Waterfront, Geelong The Live+Smart Research Laboratory in conjunction with the MInD Laboratory at the Deakin University School of Architecture and Built Environment organized an Industry Breakfast Workshop to discuss the blockages to implementing sustainability considerations in construction, and to further assess the use of Virtual Reality (VR) platforms to overcome these issues. This event brought together industry…
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Highlights from Geelong Stakeholder Day
March 2019, Geelong Regional Library In March 2019, more than 140 community stakeholders gathered at the Geelong Regional Library to learn more about Geelong’s City of Design designation and the importance of using creativity and design thinking to drive innovation and economic benefits for our city. The day featured international guest speakers from fellow cities…