Patent ID: 8005656
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of evaluating design space of architectural designs with regards to environmental and ergonomic factors, comprising: providing in a computing system, a design model representing an architectural design of a physical space; providing in said computing system, a model of user interaction with the architectural design; proving in said computing system, a model of environmental conditions of the architectural design, the environmental conditions modeled as being affected by the architectural design and affected by user activities and affecting the user activities, said environmental conditions being at least one of temperature, humidity, airflow, noise, lighting, shading and direct sun; simulating using said computing system, activities of a plurality of users using said design model of the architectural design of said physical space; simulating at least one of the environmental conditions affecting said plurality of users or affected by said plurality of users; graphically animating a population of users engaged in various activities within the physical space, scoring using a set of scoring functions, said architectural design based on results of said simulations; evaluating said architectural design based on said scoring; interactively varying and optimizing said design model of the architectural design based on said evaluating said architectural design; and selecting a final architectural design of the physical space using the optimized design model of the architectural design.