The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively present interwoven research and teaching initiatives that leverage mixed reality (MR) and low-tech fabrication into experimental modes of cooperative design and immersive production. This ongoing work has been enabled by intermingling several key channels and courses within Georgia Tech (GT) School of Architecture (SOA), most notably the Spatial Futures Lab and its associated Spatial Futures Studio.
Keith Kaseman is an Assistant Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture and coordinator of its M.S. Architecture | Advanced Production. Kaseman founded and directs the Spatial Futures Lab, an interdisciplinary cyber-physical facility embedded within Georgia Tech’s Digital Fabrication Lab which is configured to perform research on multisystem design-production platforms that incorporate unmanned aerial systems (UAS), robotics, augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), motion capture and other digital fabrication protocols into customized workflows and modes of collaborative operation. Kaseman is also a partner at KBAS, a digitally agile spatial design practice founded in 2003. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgia Tech, Kaseman held teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania PennDesign (2004-2013), Columbia University GSAPP (2005-2014) and University of Tennessee Knoxville (2014-2016).