MouseHaus simulates pedestrians' activity in a virtual
environment in order to visualize the patterns that underlie the decisions of architects and urban designers. An architect could use this to test a design before it is built. Based on the study of real pedestrian activity in an urban space, MouseHaus provides a simulated world in which pseudo-pedestrians make decisions about how to behave.

web page: http://depts.washington.edu/maushaus/westlake.htm

researchers: Preechaya Therakomen, Sitt Therakomen, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Mark D Gross

research:

• Tangible MouseHaus •

publications:

• 2003 MouseHaus Table
• 2001 Mouse.class: Experiments for Exploring Dynamic Behaviors in Urban Places
• 2000 Tracking the move: Experimentation of a computational method for studying environment and pedestrian movement relationships in urban places
• 2000 The Symbiosis between Physical and Virtual Environment

alumni:

• Sitt Therakomen •

presentations:

• the IRS presentation: Intuitive Design Interfaces •
• MouseHaus.Table •
• MouseHaus movie •
• Legacy of Rittel: toward a science of design, computationally expressed •
• Intuitive Digital Design: sketch, gesture and tangible interfaces •
• AEC Open House •