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Embedded Intelligent Empathy: A Systematic Review Towards a Conceptual Framework

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Computer-Aided Architectural Design. Design Imperatives: The Future is Now (CAAD Futures 2021)

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This paper is part of a feasibility project aiming to expand computational design processes to include design empathy. The project is in response to recent valid criticism of computational design overlooking the empathy of the designer. Computational design has a heavier emphasis on the optimization process, inhibiting designers’ rational and empathic input. This preliminary phase of the study aims to provoke debates through a systematic literature review (SLR) and hypothesize that empathy could be systematically integrated into computational design rather than disjointed processes. The SLR identifies gaps in knowledge in this transdisciplinary domain. Found current research suggests that technology can abstract and quantify ephemeral design qualities such as soundscape design to generate rich, intelligent designs. To achieve this, we will establish a list of indices/indicators found in literature, as a data set embedded into an algorithm that derives a computational tool.

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    By systematically looking at where papers have been published and what they have referenced. Also, where they have been cited in other papers. (Connectedpapers.com was proven to be the most effective for this stage of SLR).

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This study is funded by Connected Everything, an EPSRC-funded research network for the Digital Manufacturing community. We would like to thank Professor Rebecca Cain of Loughborough University for her mentorship, and support of the project.

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Lavaf-Pour, Y., Barakat, M., Chatzimichali, A. (2022). Embedded Intelligent Empathy: A Systematic Review Towards a Conceptual Framework. In: Gerber, D., Pantazis, E., Bogosian, B., Nahmad, A., Miltiadis, C. (eds) Computer-Aided Architectural Design. Design Imperatives: The Future is Now. CAAD Futures 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1465. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1280-1_3

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