ABSTRACT
The Immersive Virtual Environment (IVE) Visualization Laboratory (VisLab), at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion-Israel, facilitates immersion in a virtual, digital, three-dimensional space – a new working environment and tool. The Visualization Laboratory was presented in a design studio to a group of third- and fourth-year Architecture students. This was the first time that they had been exposed to the new environment and tool of the Visualization Laboratory. The main purpose of the research was to assess and describe the comprehension and evaluation of the students regarding their design process with the integration of the Visualization Laboratory into the design studio course, and in comparison, to the other design tools they use. The research presents the reader with the interpretation, the experience and the meaning that evolved in the observed setting, as described by the students and using a qualitative research approach.
