by Kondyli, Vasiliki and Bhatt, Mehul
Abstract:
Navigation performance in urban and large-scale built-up spaces (e.g. airports, train-stations, hospitals) depends on gradual environmental perception during locomotion, and spatial knowledge acquisition, update/integration at different times along a path. Rotational locomotion is regularly involved in everyday navigation; this, combined with the fact that people cannot perceive the whole of a large-scale setting at once often leads to incidents of cognitive loading and disorientation. Our research explores the mechanisms involved in rotational locomotion for human navigators, and the role of familiarity as well as the cost of cognitive load on orientation accuracy and spatial memory. We examine the impact of structural and featural cues on spatial knowledge updating in relation to egorotations from the viewpoint of behaviour-based design practice and evidencebased design interventions. The results are based on a case study in a train station, experimenting on rotational problems in navigation. Here we present preliminary results emphasizing the role of environmental cues in rotational location, outline possibilities for further study, and discuss implications for evidence-based design practice and cognitive design assistance technology development.
Reference:
Rotational Locomotion in Large-Scale Environments: A Survey and Implications for Evidence-Based Design Practice (Kondyli, Vasiliki and Bhatt, Mehul), In Built Environment, volume 44, 2018.
Bibtex Entry:
@article {Kondyli:2018:0263-7960:241,
title = "Rotational Locomotion in Large-Scale Environments: A Survey and Implications for Evidence-Based Design Practice",
journal = "Built Environment",
parent_itemid = "infobike://alex/benv",
publishercode ="alex",
year = "2018",
volume = "44",
number = "2",
publication date ="2018-06-01T00:00:00",
pages = "241-258",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0263-7960",
%url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alex/benv/2018/00000044/00000002/art00009",
url = {pdfs/DesignSpace/Cognition_and_the_city-preprint-2018.pdf},
doi = "doi:10.2148/benv.44.2.241",
author = "Kondyli, Vasiliki and Bhatt, Mehul",
abstract = "Navigation performance in urban and large-scale built-up spaces (e.g. airports, train-stations, hospitals) depends on gradual environmental perception during locomotion, and spatial knowledge acquisition, update/integration at different times along a path. Rotational locomotion is regularly
involved in everyday navigation; this, combined with the fact that people cannot perceive the whole of a large-scale setting at once often leads to incidents of cognitive loading and disorientation. Our research explores the mechanisms involved in rotational locomotion for human navigators,
and the role of familiarity as well as the cost of cognitive load on orientation accuracy and spatial memory. We examine the impact of structural and featural cues on spatial knowledge updating in relation to egorotations from the viewpoint of behaviour-based design practice and evidencebased
design interventions. The results are based on a case study in a train station, experimenting on rotational problems in navigation. Here we present preliminary results emphasizing the role of environmental cues in rotational location, outline possibilities for further study, and discuss implications
for evidence-based design practice and cognitive design assistance technology development.",
}