crowd simulations
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- Design Development
- Showing how designs will work
- Integrating Design and Operations
- Land use / Space utilisation
- Quantitative 2D and 3D Outputs
- Analysing Visitor experience
- Event day operations
- Construction phasing
- Emergency evacuation scenarios
- Security screening procedures
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Crowd simulations are powerful tools for visualising, analysing and communicating how a venue or facility will work.
Simulation software enables the step of each 'person' in a model to be recorded, providing a wealth of quantitative data on pedestrian experience. The outputs can be visualised in 2D or 3D, making it easy for non-expert decision-makers such as funders or safety authorities to understand.
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The screenshot shows a simulation of a venue evacuation. Different client groups – media, general spectators, wheelchair users, etc - are shown as different colour dots. Each individual can be tracked and the movement analysed every second as shown in the panel data. |
building or 'people space'. During this phase there is the most flexibility to optimise between cost and performance in the design. The design can also be tested to 'see' how it works under different scenarios to identify the best way to operate a venue or facility.
Simulations are also valuable in testing the performance of existing facilities when the financial cost or safety risk is too expensive to do it for real, (e.g., in an evacuation drill).
Crowd simulations must be interpreted correctly. While simulations have advanced significantly in the last few years they cannot accurately represent all relevant aspects of human behaviour and movement: people cannot be treated simply as computer 'ants' (for example, people don't always follow the rules).
A good understanding of human behaviour and crowd dynamics, as well as the principles and limitations of simulations, is needed to correctly interpret the results.
Our team includes some of the most experienced users of crowd simulation systems who have pioneered their use. We have delivered some of the largest most complex models ever developed for mega events and the world's largest buildings and transport interchanges.
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