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Visualization Tools for Self-Representation in Healthcare Design
Frederick van Amstel, PhD Researcher Construction Management & Engineering Dept.
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Healthcare design is based on representations of activity...
2Plans for a new Medical Imaging Center.
... that may not match the future activity!
3Plans for a new Medical Imaging Center.
Thus, activity subjects are invited to participate in healthcare design.
4Workshop about a new Medical Imaging Center.
However, floor plans are very poor to visualize activity.
5Workshop about a new Medical Imaging Center.
The patient comes
here and wait. Then he takes the fluid
and...
Wait... I'm not
following you!
Simulations can do it, but are not good for participation.
6Plans for a new Medical Imaging Center.
The knitting game
7Second workshop for a new Medical Imaging Center.
Introducing “The knitting game” for self-representation
Still not good to adjust activity and space at the same time.
8Second workshop for a new Medical Imaging Center.
Criteria for self-representation tools
8Second workshop for a new Medical Imaging Center.
• Easy manipulation • Level-shift • Multi-dimensional
Walking Paths: an Autodesk Revit family to visualize activity
9Available at http://fredvanamstel.com/blog/optimizing-walking-paths
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My Research Interests
• Participatory Design • Activity Theory • Cultural Studies • Frederick van Amstel [email protected] • Twitter @fredvanamstel • http://fredvanamstel.com • PhD Supervisors: Timo Hartmann, Mascha van der Voordt, Geert Dewulf
