{"id":47065,"date":"2024-06-06T13:26:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?page_id=47065"},"modified":"2024-08-19T12:52:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:52:47","slug":"peter-wong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/peter-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/UNCCArchitecture_Wong-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47069 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/600;width:400px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/UNCCArchitecture_Wong-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/UNCCArchitecture_Wong-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/UNCCArchitecture_Wong-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suggesting the space beyond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Associate Professor of Architecture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Wong has been a professor at UNC Charlotte for more than 30 years. In that time, he has watched the field of architecture itself grow and expand, as well as the UNC Charlotte School of Architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPractice has influenced architectural education, but it&#8217;s also come about through the change in technology, such as digital and computational technologies,\u201d he says. \u201cIn all fields, technology has altered the practice of major professions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Architects use these technologies to find new ways to better inform design decisions. Wong\u2019s current research is a case in point. Using eye-tracking technology, he studies the way we perceive and respond to space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his research, Wong is particularly interested in the way people look at indeterminate scenes, where there may be an edge or opening in the space that makes a participant\u2019s eye wander outside the actual range of space. It may be a window or a wall that gives us the impression that space continues beyond the visual field of the scene. Whether looking at pictures of rooms or actual rooms, the hypothesis is that people will look at the scene longer if there are architectural features that project out of the room, anticipating the next space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wong sees an opportunity for this research in addressing affordable housing challenges. Affordable housing is a big issue across the country, especially in denser cities such as Chicago, Boston, New York, and even Charlotte. One way to make housing affordable is to make it more compact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow do you create affordable places for people that might be smaller and not typical but still have the feeling that it is big? Is there a way to psychologically relieve people from small spaces by these implied spaces that give the impression of a virtual largeness or expansiveness?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Wong is interested in grassroots research that goes into communities to hear directly from residents affected by housing costs and gentrification. Recently, he participated in Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Nadia Anderson\u2019s in workshop in West Charlotte to get input from people who live in Charlotte\u2019s rapidly changing Ashley Park neighborhood. The challenge, he says, is \u201cto balance the need for a community to offer amenities to the neighbors that are there, without them being displaced, and the economic demands for development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Chris Jarrett, the director of the School of Architecture, Wong created&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/https\/\/www.designlabsoa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">designLAB<\/a>, a research center in the School of Architecture, in 2015. Working with undergraduate and graduate research assistants they address professional and theoretical architecture issues, generating design ideas through speculative projects for competitions. 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