Workshop Call

We invite submissions from HCI researchers, architects, designers, engineers, computer scientists and others to participate in a one-day workshop on Human-Building-Interaction (HBI) and Design for Climate Change at DIS 2024, at IT University, Copenhagen-DK, on Monday the 1st of July 2024.

Building upon past research, this workshop invites you to rethink our relationships with data in buildings within the context of climate change; contributing towards shaping an HCI/design agenda for more-than-human, symbiotic relationships with the built environment.

Download the Workshop Call here

Workshop Activities and Schedule

The workshop will explore different contexts, study methods, designs and technologies broadly associated with Human-Building-Interaction and climate change. Invited participants will present their work during a lightning talks and demos session, followed by a “mapping the research landscape” exercise. Participants will collaboratively video prototype design fictions for new experiences around climate, interfaces and data interactions in buildings, and engage in design crit and discussion around the prototypes and key topics raised, as a contribution to workshop outcomes. The emerging design agenda developed in this workshop will inform a call for future publications.

Workshop Intended Outcomes

This workshop will map the research landscape and frame a design research agenda for HBI and design in relation to climate change; bringing emerging practices amongst different disciplines and research fields together. Intended outcomes of this workshop include:

• Framing a new design agenda for HBI research within climate change.
• Sharing theories, methodologies, practices, and tools for supporting this design agenda.
• Discussing and critically reflecting on technologies and case studies with the view of supporting this design agenda.
• Fostering future collaborations on the topic of HBI & design for climate change.

Workshop Themes and Topics

Our workshop will discuss emerging design research practices to frame a design agenda that is contextualized within climate change, and addresses feedback, data, materiality and human behavior within the built environment. Our workshop’s specific areas of interest are categorized under the following Themes & Topics of Interest. Participants are invited to submit proposals that address (but are not limited to) these themes and topics.

Theme A: People & Behavior in buildings

• Climate-sensitive Behavior awareness & behavior change in place.
• Collaborative & symbiotic interactions in buildings
• Human-to-human and more-than-human interactions
• Climate awareness and health & well-being
• Towards net-zero: framing human-building interactions under net-zero and carbon-offset strategies.

Theme B: Climate Data & Context

• Mapping aspects of climate & climate change in buildings – e.g. complexity of indoor air quality
• Methods for mapping experiences relevant with climate change and data in the buildings: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches; process-oriented methods; research through design.
• Data collection & data harvesting – new approaches to sensing
• Human-AI interaction and climate prediction
• Ethics of climate data; sensing and privacy.
• Context (i.e. home, shared, public building spaces), data practices and data representation

Theme C: Design, technology and Interfaces

• Biomimetic & biophilic interfaces
• Self-powered / passive & zero energy interfaces
• Physical Feedback strategies – e.g. haptic, embodied etc.
• Actuating / Programmable materials
• Biomaterials & feedback
• Digital and personal fabrication

Participate in the Workshop (deadline 7th of June)

>>Submit your proposal here

New Deadline for submissions: 7th of June

We will review your submissions and get back to you by 15th of June.

The workshop will be a full-day in-person event. Participants are invited to join for the whole day. Information about the Conference Venue can be found here.

Submissions are possible in the following formats, using ACM Conference Proceedings templates:

(1) Motivational Statement highlighting professional interest in the workshop and relevant expertise (max. 2 pages, pdf files only) (2) Extended Abstract in the ACM Conference Proceedings Primary Article format (max. 4 pages excluding references) (3) Pictorial format (max. 4 pages)

Submissions should address subjects related to the Themes and Topics above, including but not limited to: People and Behaviour in the Buildings (Under climate change); Climate Data & Context; Design, Technology and Interfaces.

Please indicate whether you do or do not wish for your submission to be published on the workshop website.

At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop. Participants will be selected based on their prior experience, expressed interest in the workshop and the quality of their submissions. We will focus on recruiting from a diverse group of participants.

Depending on the number and quality of submissions we intend to invite the authors of Extended Abstracts to develop them either into a book chapter or a journal special issue manuscript.

If you have any queries, please contact:

Lenia Margariti lenia.margariti@newcastle.ac.uk.

Workshop Chairs

Lenia Margariti is a design researcher, postdoctoral researcher at EPSRC-funded TORUS and PhD candidate at Newcastle University in the UK. Her research addresses the experiences of building occupants in smart office buildings, focusing on the use of data for wellbeing and the design of awareness interfaces. Her background as a trained architect informs her approach to understanding the spatial experiences of building occupants and the design and development of physical displays utilizing soft robotics & actuated materials for situating data in the built environment

Caroline Claisse is a Lecturer in Interaction Design at Open Lab, Newcastle University and a designer by background working on participatory research and experience-centred design projects that focus on digital health, sustainability and well-being.

Sara Nabil is an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Computing (cross-affiliated with the Cultural Studies Department) at Queen’s University and head of the iStudio Lab. The highlights of her awards are: the Best Design Award at the Fab Island Competition (Bali, Indonesia) in Design, the Mentorship Inspiring Woman Award (Ban Righ F., Ontario) in Supervision, and the Early Career Researcher Award from the Canadian HCI Society (Montreal, Quebec) in Research. Her research focuses on the development of novel interactive materials, in particular for developing interactive interior design spaces.

Ben Bridgens is Professor of Regenerative Architecture in the School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape at Newcastle University, and he is Co-Director of the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment (HBBE, www.bbe.ac.uk). Ben’s research and teaching is driven by the question: “Can we move beyond ‘sustainability’ and create a built environment which has positive impacts: that is beneficial and enriching to the natural environment, that does not degrade but performs better as it ages, that is a pleasure to construct, and is delightful to inhabit?”

Abigail Durrant is Professor of Interaction Design and Co-Director of Open Lab. She predominantly works as a designer, researcher and educator in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). She is Principal Investigator (PI) for the newly awarded NortHFutures Digital Health Hub, a world-leading innovation ecosystem facilitating the research, development, and acceleration of responsibly designed health-tech. Her research addresses the significant design challenges that we face for managing selfhood and wellbeing in our everyday interactions with digital technologies and personal data. She has extensive experience of workshop development and delivery.

David Kirk is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Newcastle University in the School of Computing, and Co-Director of Open Lab and the Principal Investigator for the EPSRC Next Stage Digital Economy Centre for Digital Citizens. He has a background in psychology, ergonomics and Human-Centred Design. His research interests span Human-Building Interaction and Human-Data relations. He has previously organised and led a number of international workshops at major conferences such as ACM DIS and CHI.