[Sigia-l] Usability Testing comments from Giga

[Listera]

"Donna M. Fritzsche" wrote:

> I have seen virtual reality and 3D mockups of building flow - but I
> dont know they were actually used for testing.  My guess is that they
> were used for informal heuristic evaluation.

With 2D or 3D models, you can test for patterns in light, traffic, heating,
acoustic, stress, etc., across another vector like time. A lot of these have
been codified in local or national regs, so you can think of them as
pre-tested (virtual) building 'components'.

However, there's an important point here: A building is not a sum of
building code dictations or test patterns. Like anything else that is
designed, it's the end result of compromise. There's no substitute for the
experience, wisdom, taste and sensibilities of the architect.

Ziya
Nullius in Verba