PADUA · Perception–action based design for urban accessibility: principles for inclusive design grounded in an understanding of first-person control of locomotion in the urban setting
„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2016-09-01 → 2019-08-31
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 251 858 €
- Участници
- 2
- Схема
- MSCA-IF-GF
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Накратко на български
Градската инфраструктура се анализира през начина, по който хората виждат и контролират движението си, например при пресичане на път спрямо движещи се автомобили. По-добрият дизайн на пространствата може да намали катастрофите, замърсяването и да подобри здравето на пешеходците и колоездачите.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Perception–action based design for urban accessibility: principles for inclusive design grounded in an understanding of first-person control of locomotion in the urban setting
The project sought to apply an ecological understanding of human visual perception to the improvement of traffic infrastructure in cities. We know that actors control their movement with reference to identifiable structures in their surroundings. For instance, a person crossing the road must continually monitor their own movement with reference to the other side of the road (where they are heading), and, simultaneously, with reference to moving and potentially moving vehicles in the roadway. An accessible city is one where the demands of such movements do not exceed the capacity of the actor's body. An accessible city is also one in which the freedom to move about is universal, that is, its spaces are useable for everyone, and not only for the average person. The project sought to develop design principles that can guide designers to construct urban spaces that respect that the need for human-scaled movement. This is important for society because existing road infrastructure presents vulnerable users (pedestrians, cyclists) of the space with an unacceptable level of danger. Redesigning urban space so that it is usable for human-powered locomotion promises: a reduction in injuries and fatalities from collisions involving vehicles; a greater uptake of human-powered modes, and a concomitant reduction in vehicle emissions pollution; and improved health outcomes as a result of people being able to walk and cycle around more easily.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
The project will translate basic research in cognitive science to problems in urban planning and design. It will employ empirical and theoretical methods to deliver a set of design recommendations addressing the question: how can we design urban spaces that are accessible to all?The basic research question is: how does an individual perceive that a road is crossable? The empirical programme, to be carried out at the University of Cincinnati, will proceed from an analysis of the attentional structure inherent to specific road-crossing tasks. Using virtual-reality, it will investigate, (1) how pedestrians decide whether it is safe to begin crossing under conditions of uncertainty about future movements of other road-users, and (2) how pedestrians negotiate junctions where safe locomotion requires an awareness of vehicles that may be approaching from multiple directions, including from behind. This will enable the creation of new measurement techniques, including measures of head turns and whole-body acceleration as indexes of perceptual uncertainty.The project's theoretical programme, to be developed primarily at UCL's Bartlett School of Architecture, will generate a set of tools for guiding and analysing the design of roads. The project will culminate with the delivery of a document aimed at designers, presenting a set of recommendations for building accessible urban spaces. These recommendations will be based on a coherent, empirically-grounded understanding of the perceptual processes involved, and will be of particular relevance for designing infrastructure schemes where traffic modalities interact, for which existing guidelines can often be inadequate or unclear, e.g. for cycle lanes, pedestrian crossings, and shared spaces. This project, and the training envisaged, will allow me to establish myself as an expert in action-oriented psychological concepts and their real-world applications.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · LondonКоординаторОбединеното кралство
- University of Cincinnati · CincinnatiСъединени щати
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз