A review of physical and digital mock-up applications in healthcare building development

Lu, Jun, Fu, Charlie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2019-5445, Zhou, Tongyu, Xie, Jing and Loo, Yat Ming (2022) A review of physical and digital mock-up applications in healthcare building development. Buildings, 12 (6).

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Abstract

Mock-up simulation is a design or human factor research method to help designers identify key design issues and factors of a product or environment. This paper discusses physical mock-up (PMU) and digital mock-up (DMU) applications in healthcare building development through a narrative literature review. The following questions are addressed in this paper: what would the purposes of using PMU or DMU simulations be? At which phase of a hospital design would a PMU or DMU simulation be used? What methods can be used to conduct PMU and DMU simulations? The paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of these two mock-up methods and highlights the importance of clinical staff’s involvement in mock-up simulations. It gives recommendations for the design practitioners or project managers of healthcare building development recommendations to implement these two mock-up methods in healthcare building development projects.

Item Type: Article
Identifier: 10.3390/buildings12060745
Keywords: healthcare building design; physical mock-up; digital mock-up; evidence-based design; virtual reality
Subjects: Construction and engineering > Built environment
Construction and engineering
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Depositing User: Charlie Fu
Date Deposited: 07 Jun 2022 14:24
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2024 16:10
URI: https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/9147

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