A Computational Metric of the Quality of Circulation in Interior Spaces

Arash Bahrehmand, Alun Evans, Josep Blat

2014

Abstract

Space, in terms of interior and exterior design, is one of the most important issues facing all architects. In particular the movement of people through sequences of spaces forms a large part of the circulation problem in architecture planning. Although several studies have applied network models on urban analysis to take advantage of graph based queries, understanding interior design principles based on graph attributes shows potential for further research. This paper presents a computational solution to analyse, visualize, and evaluate the circulation quality of indoor spaces. To achieve it, first we create a grid graph based on a geometrical representation of space. Using this grid, a semantic weighted graph is generated, that helps us to provide a measured score for the circulation of people in a given space. The results were tested against architects’ scoring, showing that the measure is adequate. We also discuss the efficiency of our approach.

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Bahrehmand A., Evans A. and Blat J. (2014). A Computational Metric of the Quality of Circulation in Interior Spaces . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-005-5, pages 130-137. DOI: 10.5220/0004689201300137


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@conference{ivapp14,
author={Arash Bahrehmand and Alun Evans and Josep Blat},
title={A Computational Metric of the Quality of Circulation in Interior Spaces},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={130-137},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004689201300137},
isbn={978-989-758-005-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)
TI - A Computational Metric of the Quality of Circulation in Interior Spaces
SN - 978-989-758-005-5
AU - Bahrehmand A.
AU - Evans A.
AU - Blat J.
PY - 2014
SP - 130
EP - 137
DO - 10.5220/0004689201300137