Simulation allows the portrayal of unique environmental design concepts in order to predict the outcome prior to construction. Three (3) simulations--drawings, model and movie--were tested for their effectiveness in communicating future environmental behavior. Communication effectiveness was measured by the ability of simulation viewers to accurately predict their behavior in a built space. A comparison of, responses of on-site subjects to predicted behavioral responses of simulation viewers, found simulation viewers were accurate in their predictions in excess of sixty percent (60%). This indicated that simulations were fairly effective. An individual analysis of the three (3) groups of viewers found movie viewers having the highest rate of accurate predictions, and those viewing drawings the lowest. This general trend was consistent with other work.Testing was completed with design-oriented and non-design-oriented viewers. A significant difference in response between these two (2) groups occurred in seven (7) of the thirty-eight (38) questions. Design-oriented viewers were generally more accurate in their prediction abilities. / Department of Landscape Architecture
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/182636 |
| Date | January 1982 |
| Creators | Jacoby, Joellen |
| Contributors | Russell, John R. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | iii, 85 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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