Thesis survey 2 Sector

For Australian designers and architects to complete.

Survey Two:

Australian Interior Design Community

Introduction

You have been identified as a professional/agency involved in interior design/architecture/construction, and hence may be able to offer 5 minutes of your time to assist with research.

‘Bespoke reuse’ is an interior design practice that incorporates used, unrecycled materials and/or objects. These materials/objects may comprise a small or large part of the project. I am conducting an honours research project to investigate the question Is BIM-based ‘bespoke reuse’ one feasible response to Australian construction industry waste?

By ‘BIM-based’ I mean that the project has been modelled within a Building Information Modelling (BIM) program such as Revit or ArchiCAD. The term ‘bespoke reuse’ is used to refer to the incorporation of used, non-recycled materials into design projects.

BIM-based bespoke reuse includes the process of modelling the used materials/objects into a digital design. This element of the practice is largely undocumented, hence this research. We are hoping you will support the research by responding to a short, primarily yes/no anonymous online survey. It doesn’t matter whether you have or haven’t been involved in this work before. The survey will take 5 to 10 minutes to complete.

By completing and submitting the questionnaire/survey, you are indicating that you have read and understood the Participant Information Sheet (see right column) and give your consent to be involved in the research.

Survey Two: Australian Interior Design Community

*Please indicate your profession

If 'Other', please state:

*How long have you been working in your current role?

*Do you primarily work in Australia?

*Have you ever incorporated used materials or objects into an interior design project?

*Have you ever modelled used materials or objects into a digital design (eg. within Revit or ArchiCAD)?

*Do you believe it is prohibitively expensive to model used (and therefore mostly one-off) materials and objects into digital designs?

Optional comment regarding expense of modelling used items:

*How long do you imagine it would take to digitally model the set of doors pictured in the right column, into a digital design?

*Would you incorporate used materials or objects into your digital designs if they were already digitally modelled for you (eg. in the way that Caroma products are for example)?

*Reviewing the model below, do you see this as a feasible practical approach to BIM-based interior bespoke reuse work?

Optional comment regarding model below:

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This survey is part of a Bachelor of Interior Architecture honours research project being undertaken at University of South Australia.

Participant Information Sheet

The project has been granted ethics approval by the University of South Australia (Ethics number 204147), and the survey meets the requirements of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research.

For further information please contact the principal researcher Roxane Adams, University of South Australia at adarl001@mymail.unisa.edu.au

Your participation is sincerely appreciated.

Thank you

Thank you for completing this survey, your input is highly valued.

If you would like to receive a copy of the honours research thesis, please email adarl001@mymail.unisa.edu.au. Your anonymity will be maintained as the callout for interest is located in multiple places, not only for those invited to complete the survey.