METAREALITY
Joint project - IED Milano - Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design
Academic year
2023/2024
Partner
Intesa Sanpaolo is one of Italy's leading banking groups, with a significant international presence. The bank also promotes initiatives that positively impact communities, supporting projects related to art, culture, and sustainable development.
The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly reshaped the concept of the workplace. The current challenge is to reintegrate people accustomed to remote work into face-to-face collaboration. In this context, technology facilitates the transition toward a balance between working from home and in the office. "Metareality" represents this convergence of the physical and digital worlds, promoting a holistic approach through digital twins and the metaverse, offering new opportunities to rethink work and collaboration, while creating a resilient, inclusive, and innovative work environment.
The thesis project will follow a digital workflow using an accessible digital twin for conceptual design and development, supported by artificial intelligence platforms. Students will work in a three-dimensional environment to design, iterate, and present Interior Design solutions, exploring the relationship between physical and digital spaces from a Human-Centered Interior Design perspective.
The project spaces are essentially two:
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Physical Realm: The physical project will take place in the salon of the Visconti Castle in Cusago, a building of historical and architectural significance.
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Digital Realm: The digital space will be a digital twin of the physical salon, allowing for innovative interpretations and enhancing the digital experience.
The goal is to create a project that integrates physical and digital spaces, promoting a new vision of work and collaboration in the post-Covid era.
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