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Interactive spatial analytics for human-aware building design

Authors:

Muhammad Usman,

Davide Schaumann,

Brandon Haworth,

Mubbasir Kapadia,

Petros FaloutsosAuthors Info & Claims

MIG '18: Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games

Article No.: 13, Pages 1 - 12

https://doi.org/10.1145/3274247.3274503

Published: 08 November 2018 Publication History

Abstract

We present a computational spatial analytics tool for designing environments that better support human-related factors. Our system performs both static and dynamic analyses: the first relates to the building geometry and organization, while the second additionally considers the crowd movement in the space. The results are presented to the designers in the form of numerical values, traces and heat maps displayed on top of the floor plan. We demonstrate our approach with a user study whereby novice architects have tested the proposed approach to iteratively improve a building accessibility in real-time with respect to a selected number of static and dynamic metrics. The results indicate that the users were able to successfully improve their design solutions and thus generate more human-aware environments. The usability and effectiveness of the tool where also measured, yielding positive scores. The modular and flexible nature of the tool enables further extension to incorporate additional static and dynamic spatial metrics.

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