Building Ecology: Integrating lidar and social data to examine how space becomes place in a shared indoor environment
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Keywords: Indoor geography, smart buildings, human-environment interactions, space-place dynamics, mixed methods
Abstract Type: Virtual Paper Abstract
Authors:
Tim Baird Virginia Tech
Thomas Pingel Binghamton University
Shashank Karki Virginia Tech
Addison Flack Virginia Tech
Elif Tural Virginia Tech
Nicole Abaid Virginia Tech
David Kniola Virginia Tech
Tanner Upthegrove Virginia Tech
David Franusich Virginia Tech
Abstract
Indoor spaces are essential to most human’s lives. While many disciplines have examined the relationships between humans and indoor spaces, geography’s contributions have been inconsistent. And yet geographers are well suited to study indoor environments. This talk presents the research design and early findings for a mixed methods study of space-place dynamics within a shared indoor environment. Leveraging a remotely sensed lidar, ethnographic, and survey-based data from a new hybrid academic/residential building on a university campus, we discuss our strategies and efforts to address a broad research question: how does space become place in a shared indoor environment characterized by spatial patchiness, social diversity, and disruption?
Building Ecology: Integrating lidar and social data to examine how space becomes place in a shared indoor environment
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Virtual Paper Abstract
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Submitted By:
Tim Baird Virginia Tech
tbaird@vt.edu
This abstract is part of a session: Leveraging Open-Source Intelligence and Volunteered Geospatial Information for Crisis Impact Assessment