The role of view and daylight on visual perception of people

The importance of the research field, physical environment and the effects on people’s well-being, is highlighted since the report of Ulrich 1978. However, since this topic has an influence on a large amount of people, the difference between people gives the topic its multifaceted aspect. Which means many different angles on this topic have not...

Let's change old perspectives: connected by meeting

The studio “Designing for Care – towards an inclusive living environment” which focuses on the future perspective for elders in need of care. Aging society, political changes within the healthcare system and the perception towards aging have led to my graduation topic: Bridging the gap – connected by meeting. The cur-rent way of building for...

How did M. C. Escher compose impossible realities by means of realistic components?: Following the process behind the creation of mindscapes

Tracing M. C. Escher’s creations chronologically, one can see how the observational sketches of Italian cities and landscapes that he made in his youth became the basis and reference for most of the works he created later in life. Escher used those images he memorised and sketched out to create his so-called mindscapes, which are the dreamlike...

Decreasing multisensory nuisance in an open office: Researching and designing for the experience of office users

In the past few years, many companies have made the transition from an office with closed working spaces, towards open offices. The Dutch office of IKEA CBF made the transition to an open office in 2016, to support an activity-based way of working. This new way of working has to lead to an increase in complaints, about noise and distractions...

A Unifying Theory of Driver Perception and Steering Control on Straight and Winding Roads

Novel driver support systems potentially enhance road safety by cooperating with the human driver. To optimize the design of emerging steering support systems, a profound understanding of driver steering behavior is required. This article proposes a new theory of driver steering, which unifies visual perception and control models. The theory...

Visual Light Zones

In this article, we studied perception of a particular case of light fields that is characterized by a difference in its consistent structure between parts of a scene. In architectural lighting design, such a consistent structure in a part of a light field is called a light zone. First, we explored whether human observers are sensitive to...

KeramiekFabriek: Design for a ceramics centre in Maastricht

The thesis, consisting of a design for a ceramics centre in Maastricht, deals with two main themes: the urban institution and the local use of natural stone. Architectural research focuses on (in)formality and visual perception of historical domestic façades in Maastricht featuring natural stone. The results of this study are used as a design...

Visual Perception with Color for Architectural Aesthetics

Studies on computer-based visual perception and aesthetical judgment for architectural design are presented. In the model, both color and the geometric aspects of human vision are jointly taken into account, quantifying the perception of an individual object, as well as a scene consisting of several objects. This is accomplished by fuzzy neural...

Computational Cognitive Color Perception

Comprehension of aesthetical color characteristics based on a computational model of visual perception and color cognition are presented. The computational comprehension is manifested by the machine’s capability of instantly assigning appropriate colors to the objects perceived. They form a scene with aesthetically pleasing characteristics. The...

Gauge fields in pictorial space

“Pictorial space” is the mental structure that appears to be the scaffold for the visual awareness when looking “into” (as opposed to “at”) a picture. Its structure differs from the “visual space” that is the scaffold for the visual awareness when looking into the scene in front of the observer. The structure of pictorial space has been probed...

Designing Perceptual Persuasion

Websites have become important means for companies to create revenue. It is important for these websites that as many visitors as possible take the desired action that ultimately leads to the revenue for the website owners. The ratio of visitors who take this call-to-action relative to the number of total website visits is called the conversion...

A model and experimental analysis of pilot decision making behaviour for various approach conditions

This report deals with an investigation of pilots' failure detection performance in a realistic moving-base flight simulator. The task considered was the monitoring of stabilized automatic approaches. Abnormal conditions (excessive windshears or system failures) were to be detected on the basis of unacceptable deviations of displayed variables...

Visual scene perception process involved in the manual approach

The outside scene is often an important soiirce of information for manual control tasks. In the context of aircraft control the most important example is the visual approach scene. This study deals with modelling the visual scene perception process on the basis of linear perspective geometry and the relative motion cues and investigates its...