The Cloud Lab at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
An experimental lab that explores the design of our environment through emerging technologies in computing, interface and device culture.
 
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2011

Eye Tracking Architecture, 2011
The Cloud Lab is implementing the EyeWriter DIY eye tracking system to question and quantify the relationship between the eyes and space. Visualizing the interaction between the eye and 3D building models, the goal of this research is to understand the complex interplay between spatial information seeking and processing.
OpenJapan NYC with OpenSimSim
OpenJapan brought 9 cities together to contribute design thinking to relief activities in Japan. 100+ ideas initiated in Japan were iterated by groups of designers working in the context of a 72 hr design marathon.
Spatial Processing and Solvability with Columbia Laboratory for Intelligent Imaging and Neural Computing, 2011

 
Digital Lathe Microsoft Kinect, 2011
Inexpensive motion capture technology, such as Microsoft's innovative Kinect game controller, are great tools for investigating alternative forms of modeling. In this case, the conventional lathe becomes a departure point to investigate how digital tools can infuse new possibilities in 3D modeling.
Structural Triage System, 2011
Using commercial brain computer interface technology to create a real-time structural analysis platform.
Neuro+Body Architecture, 2011
Using Brain Computer Interface and bio‐feedback technologies to link the capacities of the brain and body to computational generation of the environment..

 
NYC Neural Cartography Project, 2011
This is your brain on architecture. Building information modeling + Brain-Computer Interface. A series of projects and services utilizing the NeuroSky Mindset and the iPhone. The system uses research-grade EEG brain-scanning to identify neurologically active architecture.

2010

3D Scanning of Low Library, Columbia University, 2010
The Cloud Lab worked with the Robotics Group to create a 3D point scan of the Low Library rotunda, a historic structure located at the heart of Columbia University's NYC campus.
Programming Bodies Symposium, 2010
The symposium featured interviewees including Hirosihi Ishiguro and Ken Sakamura, as well as presenters from the GSAPP alumni network to highlight the role software practices are playing in architectural discourse.

 
Hiroshi Ishiguro Interview, 2010
Interview with Robotics Specialist
Multi-Touch Spatial Interface, 2010
Integrating low-cost Infrared touch-screen technology and computer vision libraries to create architecture-scaled interfaces

The Cloud Lab is directed by Toru Hasegawa and Mark Collins
The lab resides at the Graduate School of Architecture Planning & Preservation, Columbia University
400 Avery Hall 1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
 
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