Emma Walter

How can emerging tools for spatial documentation act as generative methods in design processes within interior architecture and furniture design? How can the notion of the private and the spaces it inhabits be challenged through these digital tools?

Spatial Translations explores digital point clouds and the laser scanning of interior spaces. This tool is used for measuring and documenting space within the field of architecture. However, this degree project examines how the scanner experiences space and how the retrieved information can guide the design process. The collected data from a residential building is processed through the scanner and further digital manipulations. This case playfully challenges the shape and idea of the home through digital translations and the generative powers of new technology in the field.