Towards computer assisted crowd aware architectural design

Brandon Haworth; Mahyar Khayatkhoei; Muhammad Usman; Mubbasir Kapadia; Glen Berseth; Petros Faloutsos

doi:10.1145/2851581.2892360

Towards computer assisted crowd aware architectural design

Brandon Haworth, Mahyar Khayatkhoei, Muhammad Usman, Mubbasir Kapadia, Glen Berseth, Petros Faloutsos

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Abstract

We present a preliminary exploration of an architectural optimization process towards a computational tool for designing environments (e.g., building floor plans). Using dynamic crowd simulators we derive the fitness of architectural layouts. The results of the simulation are used to provide feedback to a user in terms of crowd animation, aggregate statistics, and heat maps. Our approach automatically optimizes the placement of environment elements to maximize the flow of the crowd, while satisfying constraints that are imposed by the user (e.g., immovable walls or support bearing structures). We take steps towards user-in-the-loop optimization and design of an environment by applying an adaptive refinement approach to reduce the search space of the optimization. We perform a small scale user study to obtain early feedback on the performance and quality of our method in contrast with a manual approach.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2016
Subtitle of host publication	#chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	2119-2125
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450340823
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892360
State	Published - 7 May 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2016 - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume	07-12-May-2016

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Conference	34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	7/05/16 → 12/05/16

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© 2016 Authors.

Keywords

Architectural optimization
Crowd simulation
User-in-the-loop design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Haworth, B., Khayatkhoei, M., Usman, M., Kapadia, M., Berseth, G., & Faloutsos, P. (2016). Towards computer assisted crowd aware architectural design. In CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 2119-2125). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 07-12-May-2016). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892360

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Haworth B, Khayatkhoei M, Usman M, Kapadia M, Berseth G, Faloutsos P. Towards computer assisted crowd aware architectural design. In CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery. 2016. p. 2119-2125. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/2851581.2892360

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