Experimentation

1. User - object interaction

In the Orange Lecture hall we made several set ups which the users were able to adapt to the experiment to suite their demands. The set ups varried from comfortable to obstructive.

conclusions:

- Bigger effort made to have a comfortable seat.

- Diverse arangement of spaces, caters for larger user group.

- People sit closer to their point of interest.

- Person adapt to given situation.

- People only change elements when necessary.

- Difficulties changing elements embarrass people.

Site

The site has diverse vegetation, a nice view of open space and surrounding buildings. However, the most disruptive influences are sound, and the very little activity.

Additional Information on Site Qualities

The video of the site demonstrates its emptiness. By doing similar experimentation to that of the seating arrangement in the Orange lecture hall, more interaction will take place. This will cause the site to flourish with more activities.

GPRS Mapping

From Kevin Lynch’s empirical research on how individuals perceive and navigate through a site has led to research done using GPRS tracking devices for site analysis.

We added a mesh between all the points and overlaid the different layers over each other to see the effect of how different activities are linked and intertwined. To conclude, the overlapping spaces can provide a variety of programmes without disrupting the original scheme.

Research Validation

Technical Design Challange

The concept of having a changeable environment automatically is inherent to using new technique's. For this concept a concrete wall wouldn't work. For the execution of this project a start was made with the exploration of possibillities.

Grid

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