Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita
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Ann. Ist. Super. Sanita · Jan 2016
A study of human behavior simulation in architectural design for healthcare facilities.
Current tools and methods in architectural design do not allow predicting and evaluating how people will use designed environments before their actual realization. ⋯ The simulation shows how use patterns are influenced by the social and physical context in which actors are situated, and demonstrates the significance of the proposed method of evaluating hospital designs before construction. The system allows simulating use patterns with different degrees of complexity, and enables architects to ask new types of questions related to the interactions between people and physical settings.