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APPENDIX H VIDEO TRANSCRIPT OF MARIO’S DESIGN SESSION Captured Still from Video Elapsed Time Designer Actions & Verbal Transcripts Observer’s Notes & Observation Details of Actual Drawing 00:00 started reading the evaluation sheet, & filling in the pre-test questionnaire video tap started at 5:11:00 date: June 18, 1997 name: Mario age: 51 gender: male see Appendix for consent and release form, pre-test questionnaire 02:22 started reading the program designer converts program dimensions with number calculation see Appendix for design program 03:02 03:03 03:07 03:15 03:22 converting feet to meter dividing numbers by 3 (70/3=23, 25/3=8) “70 ft by 25 ft, what is 70 ft? divided by 3 is what?” wrote 70, put lines to divide, put 3, start calculating “meters” wrote down “meters” beside 23 “25 ft is?” looks at 3, said “8” wrote down “8 meters” Mario is from Mexico, uses metric system metric conversion calculation was done on the corner of the design program while reading it

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started reading the evaluation sheet, &filling in the pre-test questionnaire

video tap started at 5:11:00

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name: M

arioa

ge

: 51

gender: male

see Appendix for consent and

release form, pre-test

questionnaire

02

:22

started reading the programdesigner converts program

dimensions

with num

ber calculationsee A

ppendix for design program

03

:02

03

:03

03

:07

03

:15

03

:22

converting feet to meter

dividing numbers by 3 (70/3=

23, 25/3=8)

“70

ft by 2

5 ft, w

ha

t is 70

ft?d

ivide

d b

y 3 is w

ha

t?”

wro

te 7

0, p

ut lin

es to

divid

e, p

ut 3

, start

calculating“m

eters” wrote dow

n “meters” beside 23

“25 ft is?” loo

ks at 3

, said

“8” w

rote

down “8 m

eters”

Mario is from

Mexico, uses m

etricsyste

m

metric conversion calculation w

asdone on the corner of the designprogram

while reading it

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04

:05

started a new piece of paper (page #1, site

plan)th

is pa

ge

con

sists of 4

blo

cks, an

deach block consists of several chunks see F

igure 5-19, analysis ofpage #1

04

:21

04

:23

04

:25

04

:28

drew a sm

all rectangle (sequence #1-4) torepresent sitew

rote 8 (#5)added dim

ension: “23” (#6) and “meters”

(#7)w

rote “meters” beside “8” (#8)

• Block 1 -- S

ite* C

hu

nk 1

-- site &

dim

en

sion

left w

est

top

no

rth rig

ht e

ast

bo

ttom

sou

th w

idth

len

gth

04

:47

05

:14

05

:20

drew a line below

site (#a), wrote W

(#b),&

E (#c), &

drew an arrow

(#d)w

rote N (#e)

“I am

finish

ed

*Ch

un

k 2 -- o

rien

tatio

n h

orizo

nta

l line

we

st e

ast

arro

w u

p n

orth

05

:30

05

:36

rea

d th

e p

rog

ram

, “yes, north side...w

est

side

fa

cing

m

ain

stre

et..”

add streets, two vertical lines (#X

, & Y

).

*Chunk 3 -- street

vertical street p

ara

llel to

the

left

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05

:57

wrote program

requirements of people

while reading the brief:

“1

a

rchite

ct,

3

d

esig

ne

rs, 3

CA

D o

pe

rato

rs, 2

con

tract d

raftsm

en

, .

... se

creta

ry, 2

stud

en

ts”

• Block 2 -- program

, people 1 arch(tect) 3 design(ers) 3 C

AD

op(erators) 2 cont(ract draftsm

en sec(retary) 2

st(ud

en

ts)

06

:26

wrote &

read next paragraph about spacerequirem

ents from the design program

: “kitch

en

ette

, b

ath

roo

m,

stora

ge

spa

ce,

prin

ting

,

plo

tting

, and com

mon area”

• Block 3 -- program

, space kitch

en

ette

ba

th(ro

om

) storage space p

rint

plo

tting

comm

on area

07

:21

07

:22

07

:23

07

:24

07

:25

07

:31

started drawing the site again, first a

vertical line as street and site boundary(#1)then continue to com

plete a rectangle (#2-4), drew

top boundary (#2)right/east side (#3)bottom

/south side (#4)then add street (add line #5)over trace bottom

horizontal boundary (#6) • Block 4 -- site again, in larger scale

vertical (left) west (face m

ainstreet) to

p n

orth

righ

t ea

st b

otto

m so

uth

(sequence same as B

lock #1, Chunk

#1)

vertica

l stree

t pa

ralle

l #1

to th

e le

ft south side (connects to anotherbldg.)

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:40

reached a new piece of paper (page #2,

enlarged site)lined this piece of paper w

ith the rest

see Appendix for page #2

07

:44

07

:52

08

:06

08

:11

08

:27

drew lines for street (#1-2)

the

n a

sked

“can I have a scale?”

wrote a letter N

(#3)drew

an arrow pointing up (#4)

wrote dow

n “8X23 m

eters” (#5)

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:32

scale arrived, designer reached for newpaper (page #3, floor plan)

see Appendix for page #3

08

:41

08

:42

08

:45

08

:50

08

:51

08

:53

08

:55

09

:00

09

:01

09

:03

09

:05

09

:06

09

:07

09

:09

09

:12

09

:16

09

:23

put scale on the new tracing paper #3,

landscape orientationdrew

horizontal line (#1) along rulerturned paper (90° C

W) to portrait

orientationdotted along scale (#2),drew

horizontal line (#3)turn papered (90° C

CW

) to landscapeo

rien

tatio

n,

put scale to see where 23 m

eter isturned paper back (90° C

W) to portrait

orientationdotted on 8 m

easure on scale ruler (#4),turned paper (90° C

CW

) back to landscapeorientation “S

cale

g

ives

me

a

n

ide

a

ab

ou

tp

rop

ortio

n...

this

is th

e

wa

y I

do

it”turned paper back to Landscape orientationand put dow

n scale along the dotsdrew

horizontal line (#5),m

oved scale to vertical position and linedup w

ith dot #4 and end of line #1,drew

vertical line #6“I n

ee

d to

ge

t an

ide

a h

ow

the

pro

po

rtion

s a

re”.

searched for old trace pages

• Block 1 -- S

ite* C

hunk 1 -- boundaries of the site

started new paper (page #2), drew

rectangle site on landscape orientation,(horizontal is the long side)

5:20:05 observer asked “why use

scale?”

see Appendix for page #3

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09

:24

09

:25

09

:29

09

:30

(observer comm

ented)“still

ha

ve

to

ge

t th

e

righ

t se

nse

of

dim

en

sion

” p

oin

ted

to tra

ce p

ag

e #

1,

“this is thew

ay I d

id it first tim

e, th

ep

rop

ortio

n

turn

s o

ut

wa

s a

llw

ron

g ...”

hand moved back to current tracing paper 5:20:24 observer com

mented “this is

only for conceptual design”

09

:34

09

:36

09

:40

“oka

y,. It’s

8

by

23

m

ete

rs,w

rote “8 x 23 meter” (#a)

pu

t scale

do

wn

by lin

e #

3,

“size of thedoor” p

ut tw

o d

ots (#

b)

* Chunk 2 -- dim

ensions & scale

dim

en

sion

s 8 x 2

3 m

ete

rs scale -- size of a door

09

:49

10

:02

10

:08

“so, w

ha

t do

we

go

t?”

wrote dow

n 1:100 (#c)w

rote down date (#d, Junio 18, 1997)

* Ch

un

k 3 -- n

ota

tion

s sca

le 1

/10

0 d

ate

-- Jun

e 1

8, 1

99

7

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10

:13

10

:15

drew arrow

(#X)

wrote “N

” (#Y)

* Ch

un

k 4 -- o

rien

tatio

n a

rrow

up

no

rth

10

:18

looked at program and site

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10

:24

10

:25

10

:26

10

:27

10

:30

10

:38

10

:40

10

:42

10

:47

dotted on the bottom of w

est wall,

added line on top of west w

alladd dots for w

indows on w

est wall,

overtraced west w

all,trace north w

allovertrace bottom

wall,

(observer questioned)h

atch

ed

bo

ttom

to b

e w

all,

“these arew

alls,

righ

t?

Y

ou

ca

n’t

pe

ne

trate

them” (h

atch

ing

be

twe

en

the

wa

ll line

s)overtraced right w

all

* Ch

un

k 5 -- site

ag

ain

distance from dot to bottom

is size ofdoor w

est

no

rth so

uth

(ma

ke so

lid w

all w

ithhatching) e

ast w

all

5:21:40 observer asked “what are

those?”

see Appendix for P

age #2

11

:09

11

:12

11

:13

11

:14

11

:16

11

:18

11

:26

11

:30

drew sm

all rectangle on left bottom corner

(#1)traced the top horizontal line (#2)added another parallel line on top (#3)drew

one more line closer to top w

all (#4)added vertical line connecting them

all (#5)overt raced top w

all for top of bottomroom

(#6)over traced top bottom

of top rectangle(#7)over traced right w

alls of top rectangle (#8) * Chunk 6 -- entrance &

receptionarea

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11

:40

11

:55

12

:00

12

:03

12

:12

“oka

y, so

w

e

ha

ve

go

t o

ne

arch

itect,

thre

e,

thre

e

wh

at?

”used scale to m

easure vertical line, dotted(size of architect’s office)used scale to m

easure horizontal line,dotted, (w

idth of architect’s office)drew

horizontal line (bottom w

all ofarchitect’s office)“w

e

ha

ve

spa

ce

for

rece

ptio

nist...

and....” (po

inte

d to

spa

ce o

n th

e le

ft)

* Chunk 7 -- architect’s office

considered the next space for 3designers

drew south w

all for architect’soffice

considered previous receptionist’sspace

12

:20

12

:30

12

:44

12

:59

13

:01

13

:02

overtraced wall, w

indow, for the architect’s

office which is next to receptionist room

added door (#X)

drew desk (#1), chair (#2)

drew desk (#3), chair (#4)

observer questioned“ch

airs, th

ese

are

cha

irs for

architect and client” (po

intin

g a

nd

overtrace the 2 half circles in the room)

* Chunk 8 -- furniture in architect’s

office door desk, chair desk, chair

5:24:01 observer asked “what’s that? “

designer responded by overtracing #2,said it’s for the architect, andovertraced #3 for the client

13

:10

13

:17

13

:20

“this is for receptionist” (drew chair #X

)“file cabinet”

(wh

ile m

akin

g 5

vertica

llin

es fro

m le

ft to rig

ht, #

Y)

“service area?” (dre

w a

qu

estio

n m

ark

on the space above file cabinet, #Z)

drew chair for receptionist

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13

:29

13

:34

13

:41

13

:44

13

:47

drew vertical line to define a space #1

add square lower left (#2)

“kitche

ne

tte”

(wro

te K

insid

e, #

3)

drew another square (#4), next to the

vertica

l wa

ll line

, said

“storage”traced the square (#5), hatched the verticalw

all line (#6), and wrote “S

” (#7)

designer first defined the spacethen added kitchen counter (w

rote “K”)

and then added storage counter (wrote

“S”)

13

:53

13

:56

14

:06

“dra

ftsma

n,

wh

at?

”“th

ree

d

esig

ne

rs, o

kay,

so

let’s

line

the

m u

p h

ere

”used scale to m

easure a space, dotted one(#A

), two (#B

), three (#C)

designer read the program, identified a

need for 3 designers

designers used scale to make 3 even

designers’ space

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14

:10

14

:15

14

:18

drew vertical line from

the dot (#1)drew

another vertical wall line (#2)

drew another vertical w

all line (#3)

designer drew three repeated w

all linesfro

m th

e to

p o

f the

wa

ll to th

e d

ots

made previously w

ith measurem

entfrom

the scale

14

:26

14

:31

ho

rizon

tal lin

e, o

ne

, two

, thre

e (ta

ble

# a

,b

, c)vertical square (table #1?)

designer drew 3 horizontal lines in the

3 previously defined space

then added a table on the left most

space

14

:38

14

:50

moved to the left of the draw

ing, usedscale, and w

rote dimension “3 m

eters”used scale, for low

er part, wrote “4-5”

designer adding dimensions for the

len

gth

of th

e ro

om

s

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15:0

5w

rote on the top: 3, 4, 3, 3, 3designer put dow

n dimensions for the

width of individual space

15

:15

15

:28

drew table, table (#2. 3)

drew chair chair chair (chair # X

, Y, Z

)continued to draw

table, and then drew3 chairs

15

:38

15

:58

16

:01

drew L shape table on the top right corner

use scale to adjust width

drew a parallel line to m

ake the table wider after considering the 3 designers

workspace, designer m

oved on to drawtable to prepare C

AD

workstations

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16

:09

16

:17

drew shape, shape, shape (m

onitor #1 onle

ft of ta

ble

, #2

on

the

corn

er o

f L, #

3 o

nends of L shape table)overtraced m

onitor 1, then 2, 3

designers drew shapes for com

puterm

on

itors

the shapes could be identified ascom

puter monitors because

1) 3

CA

D o

pe

rato

rs is the

ne

xt item

after 3 designers2) at 23:40 designer pointed to thema

nd

said

“these are monitors”

16

:43

16

:44

drew new

vertical line (right boundary ofconference room

, #1)drew

horizontal line (top boundary ofconference room

, #2)

designer defined a new space for

conference room

16

:49

16

:50

16

:55

17

:03

17

:09

drew a rectangle (big table # 0)

drew chair, chair chair (half circles #1-3)

and then curve, curve (chairs? #4, 5)“ta

ble

d

on

e?

g

en

era

l sto

rag

e,

plo

tting

dotted along top wall to m

ake window

pa

rtition

s (# a

, b)

added a door (#c)

designer first drew a conference table,

then added 5 chairs

designer looked to the right of theconference room

and comm

ented abouta plotter (not draw

n until 23:46)

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17

:12

17

:14

17

:15

“sitting here” (d

rew

ha

lf circles 1

, 2, 3

)observer questioned“U

mm

”5:28:14 observer asked “w

hat’s that? achair?”

designer moved to the C

AD

area andadded chairs for the com

puterw

orkstations

17

:24

17

:31

17

:33

17

:38

17

:42

extended L table and added a mirrored low

erL tabledivided desk to three parts (from

right toleft)drew

half circles (chair #1, chair #2, chair#3)

“the

y are

all h

ere

, tha

t’s it?”

“you

ha

ve tra

cing

pa

pe

r?”

after CA

D w

orkstations area,designers w

ent on to create more

working space for the interns

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:50

new tracing paper (page #4, trace, plan)

18

:04

18

:10

18

:16

lay tracing paper on top of the drawing

just made

drew left m

ost vertical lineadded 5 dots for divisions on vertical line(#

l, m, n

, o, p

)

18

:26

18

:28

18

:29

18

:31

18

:33

18

:35

18

:36

18

:37

added 7 rectangular dots from left to right

-- overtraced small rectangle repeated 7

time

s on

top

ho

rizon

tal lin

ecolum

n #aco

lum

n #

bcolum

n #ccolum

n #dco

lum

n #

e,

colu

mn

#f,

column #g)

#l is for the door, #m for receptionist’s

desk, #n, o for window

s

#a is for right wall of receptionist area

#b is for right wall of architect’s office

#c, d, e for right partitions fordesigners space (#e also for left ofC

AD

space)#f is another colum

n, and #g lands onthe corner of w

alls1

8:3

7“co

lum

ns”

designers said “columns” w

hilefin

ishin

g th

e la

st sma

ll recta

ng

les

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:41

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:44

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:48

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:51

moved hand to left division dot, and m

ovedhorizontally and dotted an horizontal baron the right w

all (repeated 4 times) (#x)

repeated action, on a lower division dot,

moved and dotted horizontal bar on right

wall, m

oved down (#y)

moved up and added another horizontal bar

(#w)

moved dow

n, another horizontal bar (#Z) th

e p

artitio

ns o

n th

e rig

ht w

alls (#

w,

x, y, z) line

d u

p w

ith th

e p

artitio

ns o

fth

e le

ft wa

ll (#o

, n, m

, l)

18

:55

19

:03

19

:09

19

:20

19

:23

19

:31

19

:35

19

:40

added door to left bottom room

added sofa

over traced left wall, added w

indow dots,

double line wall

drew a rectangle (receptionist’s table)

drew half circle (receptionist chair)

drew upper left horizontal line

made a new

L shape,overtraced and darken w

alls

designer drew furniture on top of the

underlay (page #3)

this is the reception area

new furniture this layer

sofaL shape desk / file cabinet

19

:48

19

:50

19

:52

19

:54

19

:55

19

:56

20

:00

on right of reception area, added partitions(2

do

ts, #a

, b) o

n h

orizo

nta

l wa

ll (bo

ttom

boundary of architect’s office)overtraced horizontal w

alls (#c, d)overtraced higher vertical w

all (right ofoffice, #e)added a colum

n (#f)overtraced low

er vertical wall (#g)

added a door (#h)overtraced top w

all, double lined (forw

ind

ow

s, #i, j)

this is the architect’s office, placesright next to reception area by the Lshape desk

designer drew partition w

all lines todefine the space w

ind

ow

mu

llion

s/colu

mn

s sin

gle

line

win

do

ws

window

, column, w

indow door double lined w

indow/w

all

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:03

20

:12

20

:15

tab

le 1

, tab

le 2

(#1

, 2)

added horizontal line parallel to bottomw

all (#X)

chair 1, chair 2 (#3, 4)

placement of furniture to define space

desk chair desk chair long narrow

counter/file cabinet?

20

:35

20

:41

drew one line, overtraced top w

all (#0)drew

parallel walls connecting colum

ns 5tim

es fro

m le

ft to rig

ht (#

1 - 5

)

20

:53

20

:58

21

:02

21

:07

21

:09

21

:10

traced vertical over three time (#1, 2, 3)

drew vertical table, horizontal table (a, b)

drew horizontal table, vertical table (c, d)

chair (X)

chair (Y)

chair (Z)

vertical partition 1-2-3vertical table 1-2horizontal table 1-2horizontal table 3, vertical table 3chair 1-2-3

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21

:20

21

:30

21

:49

21

:50

22

:04

22

:13

“too small” w

hile

loo

king

at co

nfe

ren

ceroomlow

er kitchendarken low

er walls

hatch the wall

over trace left box of kitchen

drew a box, and sm

all circles stove “put

stove

s h

ere

too small referred to the conference

room, in next chunk, designer m

ade theconference larger by m

oving the wall

and door to the right of underlay plan

22

:28

22

:33

22

:35

drew a vertical w

all at the right of thevertical w

all in the underlay, and tracedthis new

line over

added 4 dots on the top wall, and drew

adoor next to vertical w

all (moved the

underlay door to the right)

“yup

(this extends the conference room larger

to th

e rig

ht)

5:33:35 observer asked “are youm

aking it larger?”

22:4

8drew

a table, then 5 chairs (CW

: chair # a,b

, c, d, e

)clockw

ise

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23

:02

23

:20

23

:21

23

:25

overtraced monitor, 1-3

traced L shape table (where the m

onitorssit o

n)

overtraced right wall (double lines)

dotted window

partition on the right wall

mo

nito

rstablew

allw

indow m

ullions

23

:34

23

:39

23

:40

23

:46

23

:59

24

:08

table #1-2-3trace left side of chair (4)“th

ose

a

re

mo

nito

rs”

bo

x line

bo

x plo

tter “let’s put a

plo

tter h

ere

” (#5

)drew

box on the L shape table on therig

ht, “a printer”

(#6

)drew

3 chairs chair, chair, chair, right tole

ft (#x, y, z)

designer pointed to the monitors draw

no

n la

st chu

nk

24

:09

24

:18

24

:20

24

:21

24

:24

drew chair, chair, chair (for com

puters)(#

1, 2

, 3)

drew a box (table #4)

observer questioned“n

ee

ds a

tab

le to

pu

t stuff, to

pu

tplans on”, p

oin

ting

to th

e p

lotte

r, #5

of

last chunk)

drew horizontal, vertical tables (#5, 6)

“an

ywa

y, to

p

ut

thin

gs”

5:35:20 observer asked “what’ that

for?”

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24

:31

24

:40

24

:50

24

:55

25

:10

25

:20

wrote 3 4 3 3 3 (dim

ensions copied fromunderlay trace)w

rote 3, 3, 1 m (on the underlay

previously he had written "3 m

eter", and"4-5" on that relative location)

arrow N

8X 23 scale 1:100

drew a little dog

“a d

og

is he

re”

Designer has previously w

ritten on thebottom

layer some dim

ensionindicators: "3 m

eters" and "4-5". Now

he translated the "4-5" to be "3 and "1"(m

eter)

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:58

“okay, next question” starte

d re

ad

ing

the next taskT

ask 2

- ligh

ting

(exp

lan

atio

n)

designer explained about lighting onlydid not engage in new

design drawing still operated on page #4 plan

trace

26

:16

26

:20

26

:21

26

:27

26

:30

“this

task

is d

oin

g

the

sa

me

thin

g”....

“it sa

id

ligh

ting

”observer questioned“I a

lrea

dy d

id it”

“it’s from

the

win

do

w”

“Th

is is

pa

ralle

l p

roce

ssing

” wro

te“parallel processing”“L

igh

ting

co

me

fro

m

the

win

do

ws”

5:37:20 observer asked “tell me about

ligh

ting

Designer thought that each different

task would be different design. It

surprised him that T

ask 2 has same

design program except a focus on

ligh

ting

.2

6:3

53

6:4

0drew

partitions on top horizontal walls

“Th

ese

w

ind

ow

s, lig

htin

g

are

fro

mn

orth

, so

yo

u

go

t th

e

fron

t stre

et

light. (left h

an

d p

oin

ted

to th

e fro

nt o

fthe entrance, right hand sim

ulated lightscom

e in)

Therefore, he w

ent on to justify andexplain he already thought aboutlig

htin

g in

his p

revio

us d

esig

n o

fsp

atia

l layo

ut.

He used hand gesture to point out

where the light w

ould come from

--front entrance on the left, northw

ind

ow

s on

the

top

....

26

:46

"Yo

u

go

t th

e

ligh

t co

min

g

in

all

over the place.” (ge

sture

of rig

ht h

an

dfingers on top of the w

indows show

inglig

hts co

min

g in

)

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:49

26

:51

“So this is north” (h

an

ds p

oin

ting

the

top of the paper)

“so

tha

t’s n

orth

, it’s

go

od

”“e

xcep

t th

ese

g

uys

are

g

oin

g

toget fried” (h

an

d p

oin

ting

at th

e rig

ht sid

eof the plan)

pointed to north

then pointed to right side of the plan

26

:56

26

:57

27

:02

27

:03

observer questioned“because this is east” (w

rote

do

wn

wo

rd E

) “barely light in thea

ftern

oo

n”

observer questioned“S

o,

the

y a

re

go

ing

to

h

ave

g

lare

,Y

es,

the

y a

re.”

“oka

y, yo

u

kno

wa

rchite

cts, th

ey

do

n’t

care

.” “G

ivem

e another tracing paper” (rea

che

dfor tracing paper)

observer asked “why?”

designer wrote "E

" to indicatedirection "E

ast"

observer asked “now w

hat? are theygoing to have glare? “ (rem

embering

there are stories in the Archie case

library stating computer m

onitorshave glare because of the lightingcom

ing in from the w

indow)

27

:27

27

:38

“Th

is is

task

1,

an

d

.. p

artia

l o

ftask 2” (w

rote

“Ta

sk 1 a

nd

pa

rt Ta

sk 2”)

“We

go

t mo

st of it d

on

e” “E

xcep

ter.., should I redo it?” (a

rran

ge

dtracing paper to line up w

ith underneathw

hite paper)

Designer w

rote down "T

ask 1 and partT

ask 2" to conclude this trace haveinvolved concerns not only aboutspatial arrangem

ent but also lightingissue

How

ever, designer noticed something

were not done, and w

ondered if heshould redo T

ask 2. Therefore, he

arranged paper neatly together andgetting ready for the new

trace.

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:42

reached for new trace (page #5, section)

Task 2 - lighting (design draw

ing)see page #5, sectional draw

ing2

7:5

42

8:0

0

28

:04

28

:22

28

:24

28

:32

“Oka

y, so

... w

e

use

th

is”“yo

u

can

fa

ke

it, yo

u

see

, b

eca

use

this

is th

e

wa

ll”

drew double line on the right w

all, make

window

s, dotted 5 times (#X

, Y, 1-5)

overtraced top wall, top line first (#M

, N)

doted 2 times for w

indow (#a b)

double lined bottom w

alls (#G, H

)

On the previous session designer

spe

nt tim

e e

xpla

inin

g, ju

stifying

tha

the had considered lighting issue in thespace layout, then he decided toredo/rew

ork to target lighting issue.

This session designer grabbed a new

tracing paper and started by tracingover w

indow m

ullions of the rightw

all, th

en

top

an

d b

otto

m.

28

:35

28

:36

28

:43

28

:44

28

:45

drew a vertical line (section)

added 2 arrows perpendicular to the vertical

line

“oka

y so

observer questioned

“Um

m”

(wh

ile tu

rnin

g p

ap

er)

Vertical line and perpendicular arrow

sare later identified by the designer asse

ction

symb

ols.

5:39:44 observer asked “what are you

doing, cut section? “

Th

is cut se

ction

symb

ol w

ou

ld b

erepeated and drew

2 more tim

es,3

2:4

7, 3

2:5

2 o

n tra

ce p

ag

e #

4 to

indicate cut section A-A

and B-B

.

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:46

28

:56

29

:00

29

:01

turn paper around (90 degree CC

W, the

first line become horizontal)

added another horizontal line, parallel tothe first line, added parallel and hatch

observer questioned

“It’s a ro

of”

5:40:00 observer asked “what’s that?”

the hatched walls is a roof

29

:10

29

:12

29

:13

29

:20

moved scale to m

easure, dotted“th

is sho

uld

be

3.5

me

ter” w

rote

“3.5m”

drew a line 3.5 below

the roofdrew

bottom line (ground) and then drew

downw

ard hatch to indicate ground

perpendicular to the roof, designer putscale to m

easure the height for a story-- 3.5 m

eters, dotted, wrote "3.5

meters" and then drew

the wall line to

the ground, and added a horizontalline, and hatch beneath it

29

:24

29

:28

drew right w

alls and hatch indrew

a left wall line and hatched it

after having finished the roof and theground, designer w

ent on to drew right

and left wall

right wall is facing south and therefore

solid as program indicated

left wall had w

indows right under the

roof

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:30

29

:33

29

:44

29

:47

put scale to measure (table height)

drew horizontal line from

measured dot

(table top)darken lines the left w

all, and thehorizontal line (table)drew

horizontal line (window

) below the

roof, and right under the window

from the

left, north facing wall

the vertical space was divided

1) height of table2) the bottom

line for window

s

29

:49

29

:50

29

:51

observer questioned“w

indow on top”

, (ha

nd

po

intin

g to

floor plan window

partition dots)added w

indow partition vertical lines

according to dots drawn on plan

(left hand pointed to the window

partitionson the floor plan w

hile right hand drawing

vertical lines)

5:40:49 observer asked “what’s that,”

....”oh, I see” (acknowledged seeing

those vertical mullions for w

indows)

30

:05

30

:15

30

:20

30

:30

drew table line

drew a m

onitordrew

another monitor (left hand pointed on

the plan where the m

onitor is, right handdraw

ing)drew

another box (printer)

tab

le to

pm

on

itor

mo

nito

rprinter

30

:38

30

:39

30

:40

30

:42

designer slashed several lighting beloww

indows,

observer questioned “lig

ht”

“chair” drew

a side view of a chair

5:42:39 observer asked “those arelighting?”

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:52

31

:00

31

:09

31

:20

31

:24

31

:33

31

:37

31

:39

“I am not finished yet” to

ok a

wa

yunderlay trace and left w

hite paper asunderlayC

ompared the old plan trace w

ith thecurrent section tracedrew

a person"o

h, w

e h

ave

a p

erso

n h

ere

".drew

a dog"and a dog."drew

horizontal bar on top of the person“th

e p

erso

n is w

ea

ring

a h

at”

5:42:20 Observer questioned: "w

hat’sthat?

5:42:39 Observer asked "W

hat’s that?a hat?"

31

:43

31

:55

31

:59

“oka

y” “th

is is

the

A

uto

Ca

dm

enu” dre

w lin

es o

n th

e m

on

itor (2

horizontal, and one vertical line)“I

ha

ve

to

ge

t re

alistic”

“oka

y, so

th

at’s

com

pu

ter,

sow

ha

t e

lse

no

w?

32

:07

32

:10

32

:13

32

:16

“so

tha

t’s th

e

ligh

ting

”“yo

u

can

’t se

e,

be

cau

se

the

y w

illg

et

blin

ds,”

“ligh

t n

ot

go

od

, d

arkish

, a

nd

o

ver

he

re”

“here..” rea

ch th

e flo

or p

lan

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:25

designer grabbed a new trace paper (page

#6

, sectio

n)

designer added section cut symbols on

page #4 and then drew sections on page

#6

see page #4, plan and then #6section

32

:38

32

:40

32

:44

32

:45

32

:46

32

:47

32

:50

32

:51

32

:54

32

:56

“oka

y, so

n

ow

is

the

p

ap

er”

put this new trace close to section

“tha

t’s th

is se

ction

, w

he

re

we

cu

tfrom

the roof” (p

oin

ted

pla

n)

reached the tracing paper of plan (page #4)

moved the plan trace on top of section

drew a vertical line

drew 2 arrow

s perpendicular to the sectionline, and w

rote A for both

observer questioned

dre

w a

no

the

r vertica

l “B section”w

rote

B in

bo

th e

nd

s, too

k ou

t the

pla

n

Designer drew

on page #4, plan

5:43:51 observer asked “so we’ve got

A section?”

33

:00

33

:05

33

:17

33

:20

put the trace back on the sectiontraced and drew

the ground line & hatch

under it

traced over the roof linetraced left w

alls (on top of the sectiontrace)

drew section B

-B

ground, roof, left wall

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:28

33

:42

34

:05

34

:07

34

:12

34

:18

34

:23

34

:34

34

:47

34

:50

“so

the

se

gu

ys w

on

’t h

ave

a

ny

ligh

t fro

m

he

re...”

moved plan under new

sectiond

rew

tab

le se

ction

, “doesn’t fit ....w

ell.

eve

rythin

g

in

the

w

all”

added a chairtrace left w

allsadded top shelfdrew

plant on top of shelfdrew

light hang from ceiling

drew vertical double line w

alldouble lined chair

designer drew furniture for the

designer's workspace

35

:01

35

:02

35

:06

35

:07

35

:13

35

:15

35

:23

35

:28

35

:30

35

:41

35

:48

35

:49

35

:52

drew a table

drew a chair, another chair

“oka

y”drew

light hung from ceiling

hatched the roofd

rew

he

ad

for a

pe

rson

, “oops, scale is

all

wro

ng

”m

oved scale to measure the figure

“too

ta

ll, th

e

scale

is

all

wro

ng

”“o

kay,

this,

figu

re

tha

t o

ut,

this

pe

rson

is

righ

t n

ow

” th

is is

too

tall,

sort

of

oka

y“n

ow

w

ha

t?”

observer questioned.“U

mm

,” ha

tche

d w

all

”oka

y, th

is is

inte

restin

g,

wh

at

else

?”

designer drew furniture for the

conference room

5:46:48 observer asked “you done?ready for next task? take a break?”

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:21

44

:25

44

:34

44

:40

44

:49

break

pla

yed

with

the

scale

rule

r, “this is all

inch

es,

I g

ot

it.”took a new

piece of paperg

rab

be

d th

e ste

el ru

ler, “this is m

etric”“1

o

f 1

00

”“o

kay,

no

w

wh

at”

a break is taken between task 2 &

3

observer offered to find another scaleruler for designer, but designerexpressed it's sufficient that he alreadyhave a scale that have one side inchesand the other side centim

eters

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:01

started up a new tracing paper (but did not

draw on it)

task

3,

visibility

&

priva

cyis

su

e4

5:0

44

5:1

2

45

:30

45

:36

“visibility?

” se

arch

ed

for p

lan

found the plan trace (page #4)

“oka

y, a

ll rig

ht,

visibility,

we

ll,it’s

all

visibility”

“all

visible

, it’s

all

he

re,

it’s a

llsolved, yes it is.” p

oin

ting

at th

e p

lan

designer picked up a new trace and w

asready to start task 3

however, after reading the task, he

believed he already solved visibilityissue in previous draw

ing, therefore hesearched for the tracing paper that hadfloor plan layout and started to explainto observer how

the layout worked

con

cern

ing

visibility issu

e4

5:4

4

45

:50

45

:55

“flow

, h

ere

w

e

go

t se

creta

ry h

ere

,se

creta

ry h

as

con

trol

ove

r th

eo

ffice

““h

ere

pe

op

le w

ere

n’t b

e b

oth

ere

din

th

e

wo

rkspa

ce,

it’s tru

e”

it’s o

bvio

us,

secre

tary

can

se

ein

side

, w

he

n

som

eb

od

y g

ot

a

call,

the

secre

tary ca

n scre

am

do

wn

,rig

ht?

designer pointed the receptionist area,and explained how

secretary would

control visitors access and screeningvisito

rs from

dire

ctly go

ing

to th

ew

orking area in the back

46

:03

“you

kn

ow

p

eo

ple

g

ot

the

irlig

htin

g,

exce

pt

for

the

se

gu

ys,th

ey

ne

ed

so

me

scre

en

designer pointed the right cornercom

puter monitors and chairs (the

CA

D stations) and explained that area

(east facing window

s) need to haveb

lind

s to b

lock su

n lig

ht

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:09

“stud

en

ts, th

ey

are

lo

we

st o

f th

eto

tem

p

ole

, th

ey

go

t th

is to

ug

huse dark corner”

designer pointed to the lower 3

drafting tables and explaining that thearea is the w

orst space (no window

)

46

:13

4:4

6:1

5

“an

d

this

gu

y (a

rchite

ct) g

ot

the

best thing here” (po

inte

d to

the

window

on north)“it’s u

p fro

nt a

nd

46

:23

“pro

ba

bly

you

sh

ou

ld

close

it

off

here” po

intin

g p

ossib

le n

ew

wa

ll on

the

right of architect’s office

see trace #7 for the newly added door

that separate the architect’s office andthe w

ork space in the back

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46

:28

46

:35

46

:37

“actu

ally,

actu

ally

w

ha

t I

will

do

,n

ow

w

e

com

e

to

it”“w

e h

ave

it, we

go

t it ba

ckwa

rds”

lined up the new trace paper w

ith the rest designer put away trace (page #4) then

grabbed a new trace (page #7) to put it

on top of plan (page #4)"backw

ards" would becom

e clear in4

8:3

4

page #7, partial plan

46

:42

46

:55

47

:00

47

:05

dotted on new trace the w

indow partitions

(wh

istled

few

no

tes), “so w

e got”added lines betw

een window

partitionsadded a doordouble lined bottom

walls

designer traced over window

partitions(m

ullio

ns)

47

:10

47

:12

added a wall on the right of conference

roomovertraced the right w

all of the receptionarea (left w

all of architect’s office) butm

ade it longer

designer extended the architect's office first he extended the w

all

47

:20

47

:21

dotted on the bottom w

indow/w

all ofarchitect’s officedotted 2 points lined up w

ith the dots onthe w

indow above on the underlay and the

end of the elongated wall

then dotted on the old window

partition (w

here the window

s were on

underlay) then accordingly w

ind

ow

pa

rtition

en

d o

f win

do

w e

nd

of rig

ht w

all

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47

:27

47

:27

47

:33

47

:38

47

:39

what are you doing?

“make it bigger”

do

t do

t, alo

ng

the

right wall of architect’s office,

dre

w w

all lin

e p

asse

d th

e 3

do

ts, “this

gu

y, is

chie

f, a

nd

th

e

office

, is

kind

o

f sm

all”

added doortraced over bottom

wall

47

:40

47

:44

47

:45

47

:48

47

:53

traced over table (but made it larger),

“this

stays

he

re”,

then chair,table,chairto

p w

all

the designer traced over furniture,slig

htly e

nla

rgin

g th

em

to se

e if th

eoffice w

ill still work after m

aking thespace bigger

47

:58

48

:11

48

:15

48

:22

“file cabinet” cross o

ver re

ctan

gle

“receptionist chair” dre

w a

cha

irdrew

tablecouch

note: the design historythis file cabinet and reception areaw

as the question mark on page #3

was turned into a table/counter on

page #4and now

became divided file cabinet

on page #7

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:26

48

:32

48

:34

48

:40

moved trace paper

dotted where the kitchen w

all was from

theunderlayadjust w

all of conference room by m

ovingtrace paper to the right, so this new

dotlined up w

ith conference room’s left w

allo

ver tra

ced

the

wa

ll, “conference roomm

ove

to

h

ere

design decided to switch the location

of kitchenette and conference room,

see 46:25 when he said "w

e got itbackw

ards"

48

:44

48

:56

dots 4 window

partitions on the top wall

ha

tch b

otto

m w

alls

designer defined the boundary for theconference room

49

:00

49

:03

“so we got” m

ove

un

de

rlay tra

cing

aw

ay

the new trace landed on the w

hite paperdesigner m

oved out the underlay trace

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49

:05

49

:13

49

:16

49

:22

49

:26

pointed to architect’s office and the lower

spa

ce “w

e got a door here” and ...use the new

er trace, added a doorm

ade window

/wall lines betw

een window

dotsdrew

a tablechair chair chair chair chair chair(clockw

ise)

49

:28

49

:16

49

:22

49

:26

49

:32

“no

w

let’s

ge

t th

e

kitche

n

on

th

eo

the

r sid

e”

moved the new

trace and put the planunderneathlined up right side of new

conference roomw

all with underlay kitchen’s left w

all“kitch

en

n

ow

sits

he

re”

designer started rearrangement of the

space

49

:33

49

:35

49

:36

49

:37

49

:38

49

:41

49

:42

overtraced the left wall,

and extend to the rectangle (counter)traced the top box stovetraced the stoves (4 circles)“so

w

he

n

visitors

com

e

in,

you

do

n’t

see

, yo

u

do

n’t

see

a

kitche

n,”

see

a

kitch

en

w

ith

dirty

dish

es...”

traced over right counter

explaining about kitchen while tracing

over kitchen counters for stoves andsink, and counter

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:45

49

:50

49

:55

49

:56

moved trace paper,

“righ

t?”

put another door in the middle of corridor

“let’s p

ut a

do

or h

ere

50

:03

50

:04

okay“is that it?” o

vertra

ced

the

righ

t wa

ll of

chief architect’s office

50

:10

50

:12

50

:16

observer questioned “ye

ah

, th

e

gu

ys co

me

in

, th

eguys com

e in” po

inte

d fro

m th

e le

ftw

all to the corridorth

e

clien

ts co

me

in

6:01:10 observed said "I want you to

tell me about visual access"

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:17

50

:24

50

:25

50

:28

“an

d th

e a

rchite

ct com

es in

he

re,

the

se

creta

ry, in

fa

ct, th

is is

all

very

ele

ga

nt,

“and in the back here can be am

es

s”

“we

ll th

at’s

no

rma

l”“o

kay

so,

an

d

the

o

the

r g

uys,

ifth

ey

wa

nt

to

go

to

th

e

me

etin

g,

the

y can

com

e u

p h

ere

designer used hand gestures to explaincirculation and visual access

6:01:25 observer agreed "yes"

50

:33

“an

d

the

se

creta

ry, p

eo

ple

h

ere

a

ll.p

eo

ple

m

ake

th

e

coffe

e

or

wh

ate

ver ca

n co

me

ba

ck he

re, ca

nco

me

in

side

, so

yo

u

do

n’t

see

it,

righ

t?”

50

:43

50

:43

50

:45

moved trace #4 under current trace #7

“bu

t if

the

re

is n

o

clien

t, th

en

you

can

lea

ve th

e d

oo

r op

en

, the

na

ll th

ese

the

se g

uys ca

n a

ll go

aro

un

d h

ere

50

:48

righ

t, is

tha

t it?

6:01:48 observer agreed "okay".5

0:5

4re

ad

the

pro

gra

m:

“consider eachg

rou

p sp

ace

ha

s a fin

e vie

w o

f the

exte

rior”

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:57

“yea

h,

the

y a

ll h

ave

fin

e

view

o

fth

e

exte

rior

51

:00

arranged trace paper

51

:01

moved the underlay trace (page #4) on top of current

trace (#7)

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:03

“the

y h

ave

fin

e

view

o

kay”

51

:04

“you

see

, you

go

t this ca

r pa

rkhere, a car is here “ d

rew

a sh

ap

edesigner joked about having a carparked outside w

ould be a view for the

office

51

:09

“okay, next?” mo

ved

the

trace

pa

pe

r

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:12

“next?” tu

rn th

e p

rog

ram

to n

ext p

ag

eT

ask 4

, dim

en

sion

s

51

:19

“no

w w

ha

t” “ple

ase

start a

ne

wsh

ee

t o

f tra

cing

p

ap

er.

this

time

ple

ase

m

ake

su

re

you

r m

ee

ting

roo

m

is la

rge

e

no

ug

h

toa

ccom

mo

da

te

the

ch

ief

arch

itect’s

FA

VO

RIT

E

me

etin

g

tab

le

designer read the task 4 descriptions

51

:26

“this

is w

ha

t?

1.2

5

me

ter

by

3.20 meters” w

rote

1.2

5 m

ete

rs X 3

.20 designer annotated the conversion ofth

e 4

ft x 10

ft to b

e 1

.25

x 3.2

0m

eters

he did the conversion calculation inhis head by dividing the figures by 3.2(?)

51

:40

“also

, d

esig

ne

rs” "d

esig

ne

rs w

ork

spa

ce”

designer continued to read on thesecond part of the T

ask 45

1:4

5

51

:47

oka

y, de

sign

ers’ w

ork sp

ace

, mo

ve

dtrace“th

ese

are

the

de

sign

er’s w

ork

space here" po

inte

d to

the

thre

edesks/cubicles

designer pointed to his drawing w

herethe 3 desks and cubicles are6:02:48 observed responded ‘yup’

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:53

51

:54

52

:00

52

:01

52

:03

52

:05

“80

0 sq

. ft?”“h

ow

mu

ch is th

at?”

“de

sign

er

wo

rkspa

ce”

“40?” wro

te 4

0, a

nd

the

n cro

ssed

it ou

t,“2

0

by

40

”“th

is is

20

b

y 4

0

me

ters,

righ

t, “2

0 b

y 40

fee

t?”

after reading the dimension, designer

tried to convert it to metric system

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:12

designer used scale to measure

52

:34

“this

is T

HR

EE

.... six

po

int

seven meter “ p

oin

ted

to p

rog

ram

an

dw

rote “6.7”

designer wrote the num

ber directlyunder the num

ber 20, he said “three”and divided 20 by 3 and derived theansw

er 6.7

52

:41

52

:44

52

:45

52

:46

52

:48

52

:49

“this is” w

rote

4

0started calculation 40 divided by 3, drewdivided barw

rote 1, put 3 underneath 4w

rote 10w

rote

3 b

y 1(re

sult is 1

3)

copied 13 to underneath 40

designer performed the calculation of

dividing 40 by 3, and derived theansw

er of 13, so he wrote 13 next to

6.7 (also under the number 40)

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:53

52

:55

52

:56

52

:57

52

:58

52

:59

53

:00

“6 point 7” w

rote

6.7

, wro

te 1

3 o

n to

pdrew

horizontal barw

rote “.0” beside 13, started calculation1

3.0

(x) 6.7

wro

te re

sult, 0

. 1,

wro

te 2

by 1

3,

wro

te 9

from

righ

t to le

ft (91

.0)

“mu

ltiple

thirte

en

designer performed the m

ultiplicationof 6.7 and 13

5

3:0

15

3:0

25

3:0

45

3:0

55

3:0

65

3:0

75

3:0

85

3:2

45

3:2

85

3:2

9

wrote 0

wrote 8

move up by 130 and dotted

wrote 7 (780)

traced over “8”and horizontal barw

rote

1, p

oin

ting

at th

e n

um

be

rsw

rote 7 dot 8 dot“8

po

int 7

1 sq

ua

re m

ete

rs”“e

igh

ty- seve

n sq

ua

re m

ete

rs?” o

ve

rw

rote “7”5

3:3

75

3:3

9

53

:48

53

:54

“this

is 5

”“o

f all th

e d

esig

ne

rs? I m

ea

n th

ep

eo

ple

a

t th

e

CA

D

statio

n,

or

wh

at?

”observer com

mented “just designers”

“de

sign

ers sp

ace

at le

ast 8

hu

nd

red

squ

are

fee

t”

designer took the scale ruler tom

easure the designer work space

6:04:48 observer responded thedim

ension requirement is m

ean fordesigners’ w

ork space only6:05:02 observer said “just thedesigners” again

54

:04

54

:10

54

:11

“this is nine” loo

king

at th

e sca

le a

nd

wrote “9 “ on the program

paperm

oved scale to vertical position“this is 5” w

rote

5 u

nd

ern

ea

th 9

, ba

r,then w

rote “45”

designer measured the space, calculated

the dimension, and m

easure the spaceboth vertically and horizontally

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:27

54

:28

54

:29

54

:30

54

:33

“I can

’t pu

t the

m”

“wh

at d

o w

e g

ot”

“the

se

gu

ys a

lrea

dy

go

t h

ug

ea

mo

un

t o

f sp

ace

”looking at scale m

easure of the length“this is ten, 10 by “, m

ove

the

scale

ve

rtica

l, “six”, I got it, they havee

no

ug

h

spa

ce”

6:05:03 observer responded, “they gotit, that’s good”

6:0

5:4

4 o

bse

rver sa

id, “th

ey g

ot it,

good”

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:48

54

:55

54

:57

55

:06

55

:08

55

:14

55

:19

55

:22

put scale horizontal to measure one cubicle

at 3

mm

“3”

mo

ve to

vertica

l po

sition

“this is 3”

“this

pla

ce

is h

ug

e,

the

y ca

n

eve

nd

o

rolle

r ska

ting

”p

oin

ted

to th

e to

p sp

ace

, “yeah, I

me

an

, wo

rk spa

ce, th

ree

by th

ree

me

ters?

”“th

at’s a

big

are

a, th

at’s a

big

are

a,

isn’t

it?“th

ree

b

y th

ree

, ye

ah

it’s

big

”“o

kay”

“all

righ

t”

designer used the scale ruler to checkif all the space are large enough

6:06:03 observer laughed, “okay”

6:06:10 observer agreed, “3 by 3, it’scool”

55

:28

55

:29

“okay” m

ove

d sca

le to

me

asu

re“o

kay

th

ere

, th

is tim

e,

the

me

etin

g

roo

m

sho

uld

b

e

larg

er

en

ou

gh

to

a

ccom

mo

da

ting

designer looked back and read thequestion

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:34

55

:38

55

:39

“okay, one” ho

rizon

tal m

ea

sure

“this is one” vertica

l“this is”

ho

rizon

tal

me

asu

re,

“well

it’s clo

se”

designer checked the dimensions and

realized it’s not exactly right, so next,he started draw

ing again to modify the

size (described in next column)

55

:44

55

:47

55

:53

55

:54

55

:57

overtraced the table, according to measure

to make it larger

“okay” reached to write “O

K” by the

program“m

ake

th

e

thin

g

a

little

big

ge

r”p

oin

ting

at th

e ta

ble

“we

ll, I

do

n’t

see

w

hy?

“I did a conversion here” pu

t do

wn

the scale along the top of conferencero

om

” “the

re is so

me

thin

g w

ron

g”

designer draw to adjust the dim

ensionsafter adjusting the table size, he w

rote“okay” by the program

where the table

dimension (4 ft by 10 ft) w

as indicated

6:07:00 observer responded,“conversion w

rong?”

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:02

56

:05

56

:06

56

:08

56

:09

“6

time

s th

irtee

n?

”“let m

e see” “thirteen?” wro

te 1

3“seven” w

rote

7, a

nd

a b

ar

“twenty one” w

rote

2 b

y 13

wrote “9”

“nin

e

on

e,”

“nin

ety

on

e

squ

are

me

ters”

”I do

n’t g

et it

“tha

t’s n

ot

po

ssible

” “n

ob

od

y e

lseis

go

nn

a

fit a

nyw

ay”

designer checked if the dimension

conversion was correct

he

wro

te d

ow

n 1

3 to

mu

ltiple

by 7

he calculated 3X7 is 21, w

rote 1 underth

e b

ar, a

nd

2 lig

htly o

n th

e le

ftbesides 13, and concluded the answ

eris 9

1

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:10

56

:20

56

:22

”I do

n’t g

et it

“tha

t’s n

ot

po

ssible

” “n

ob

od

y e

lseg

on

na

fit

an

ywa

y”

designer checking the dimensions w

ithruler scale again

designer decided he finished the job,though a little confused about if hisdim

ension conversion was correct, but

checking with scale seem

ed to assureh

im th

at th

ing

s wo

rk

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Captured S

till from V

ideoE

lapsedT

ime

Designer A

ctions&

Ve

rba

l T

ran

scripts

Observer’s N

otes & O

bservationD

etails of Actual D

rawing

56

:29

reached to the program next page, w

hich isthe questionnaire pages

56

:34

56

:42

56

:55

“oka

y n

ow

, o

kay,

wh

at’s

my

idn

um

be

r”designer started circling on thequestionnaireresponded “clearly” for all tasks description“h

ow

d

ifficult?

“n

ot

difficu

lt” a

nd

continued to circle on the not difficult endof the assessm

ent scale of how difficult to

perform the tasks

6:07:36 observer responded, “forgeta

bo

ut th

e ID

nu

mb

er, ju

st go

on

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:02

turned to next page5

7:0

5

57

:14

“do

you

ha

ve a

ny p

erso

na

lized

symb

ol

or

sho

rt h

an

ds”

“of course” wro

te “o

f cou

rse”

designer read out the questions

57

:19

57

:22

57

:29

57

:30

57

:35

57

:37

“for e

xam

ple

” “wh

at sh

ou

ld I

pu

t”?”

“solid

wa

lls” wro

te so

lid“chairs”

wro

te ch

airs

“persons” wro

te “p

erso

ns”

“dogs” wro

te “d

og

s”“plants”

wro

te “p

lan

ts”

observer didn’t recognize the writing

of “solid” first and so at 6:09:06 askedw

hat is that word

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:42

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:47

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:55

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:05

“kitchen” w

rote

“kitche

n”

“window

s” w

rote

win

do

ws”

“computers” w

rote

“com

pu

ters”

“roof” w

rote

“roo

f”

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:10

wrote ”solid”

6:09:06 observer asked “what’s that

word” pointing to the scribble w

ordbeside “w

all”

58

:11

58

:12

58

:20

observer questioned“I didn’t do it here”

, rea

che

d fo

r floo

rplandrew

shapes on the tracing paper (page #4)

6:09:11 observer asked: “what’s the

symbol for roof” because the designer

wrote dow

n “roof” but in the designprocess that sym

bol was not used

so the designer explained that he didn

ot d

o it in

the

sessio

n, a

nd

so h

ew

ent back to tracing paper to draw his

symb

ol fo

r the

roo

f to sh

ow

the

observer5

8:3

4

58

:41

58

:42

58

:45

58

:56

58

:58

“wo

uld

like a

com

pu

ter to

ha

vefre

eh

an

d la

la la

?”

wro

te “I don’t know

”“w

ell,

I re

ally

do

n’t

kno

w”

wrote “none, O

K” (none in scribble form

)observer asked“none” w

rote

“No

ne

6:09:41 observer laughed

6:09:56 observer asked “what’s that”

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:01

59

:22

“actu

ally,

we

ll

“pla

ce

the

ca

me

rain

a

m

ore

co

mfo

rtab

le

pla

ce “o

kay,

we

fin

ishe

d?

””

In the beginning of the designsession, the video cam

era was placed

on tripod right behind the designer’schair by the observer. T

he designerlooked at the setup and suggested theobserver to m

ove the tripod higher andm

ou

nt it d

irectly o

n to

p o

f the

tab

lew

here he would be draw

ing. During

the whole design session, the designer

sat behind the table while cam

eratripod is high and above his draw

ingarea. T

he tripod was m

ounted on topof the conference table of a 3.5 ftw

idth.