Interactive Installation Design is a course developed by Tania Branquinho and Elvin Ou, in collaboration with Doris Gao, as an Interior Options Lab elective. Through a review of historical and current precedents in Installation Art, and introduction to Physical Computing, including Arduino microcontrollers, students developed strategies to augment the relationship between user and the built environment.

Educator, artist, and designer in the field of architecture and interior design, has practiced since 2000 in the United States and abroad; prior to forming bN-studio, Branquinho worked with a number of international architecture offices, including Rafael Vinoly; her professional experience ranges from small installations to large-scale projects in residential, retail, hospitality, corporate, institutional, and transportation; she is a recipient of the American Institute of Architects Eleanor Allwork Scholarship and was awarded the Pratt Institute award of Excellence; has conducted research with not-for-profit organizations in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, regarding housing crises, social/political inclusivity, and urban agricultural initiatives; continues to collaborate internationally on art installations and fabrication workshops, research, and parametric methodology consulting, as well as various ongoing projects.

@tbranqui

Contributors:

Elvin Ou

https://www.elvinou.com/

Doris Chenshan Gao

https://chenshangao.xyz/