MIT Libraries logoDSpace@MIT

MIT
View Item 
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • View Item
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

A tangible interface for collaborative urban design for energy efficiency, daylighting, and walkability

Author(s)
Rose, Cody McCullough; Saratsis, Emmanouil; Aldawood, Salma; Dogan, Timur; Reinhart, Christoph
Thumbnail
DownloadReinhart_TangibleUserInterface.pdf (6.680Mb)
OPEN_ACCESS_POLICY

Open Access Policy

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike

Terms of use
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
An increasingly urbanizing human population presents new challenges for urban planners and designers. While the applicability of urban design tools for simulation experts is constantly improving, urban development scenarios require the input of multiple stakeholders, each with different outlooks, expertise, requirements, and preconceptions, and good urban design requires communication and compromise as much as it requires effective use of tools. The best tools will facilitate this communication while remaining evidence-based, allowing diverse planning teams to develop high quality, healthy, sustainable urban proposals. Presented in this paper is a new such tool, implemented as a tangible user interface, that allows varied stakeholders to quickly collaborate on creation and exploration of new urban design solutions. The tool provides performance feedback for a neighborhood’s operational energy costs, daylight availability, and walkability. Fast interaction is attained through a novel precalculation method that is also presented and validated. Details of the tool’s deployment as part of a case study that was conducted with members of the planning commission of Riyadh, SA, in March 2015 are given.
Date issued
2015-12
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106597
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture; MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sustainable Design Lab
Journal
Proceedings of BS2015: 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association
Publisher
International Building Performance Simulation Association
Citation
Rose, Cody M. et al. "A Tangible Interface for Collaborative Urban Design for Energy Efficiency, Daylighting, and Walkability." Proceedings of the 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, Hyderabad, India, 7-9 December, 2015.
Version: Author's final manuscript

Collections
  • MIT Open Access Articles

Browse

All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Statistics

OA StatisticsStatistics by CountryStatistics by Department
MIT Libraries
PrivacyPermissionsAccessibilityContact us
MIT
Content created by the MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC unless otherwise noted. Notify us about copyright concerns.