In this project we try to bridge the gap between architectural design and environmental psychology. Therefore, students first learned how to evaluate built environments in terms of human-centred aspects such as wayfinding, social interaction and spatial experience. Second, they developed a design strategy that anticipates the ‘human-perspective’ in the creation of spaces. After the building designs were created, students tested them in a Virtual Reality Study. There the students created a user study in which they systematically explored the effect of certain design parameters on user experience. As a case for this experimental studio we used the design of the new train station for the "supernormal" city of Elmshorn.

In the following videos you find three examples of the students projects and their evaluation process: