A Review of Physical and Digital Mock-Up Applications in Healthcare Building Development

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 re...

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Published in:Buildings (Basel) 2022-06, Vol.12 (6), p.745
Main Authors: Lu, Jun, Fu, Changfeng, Zhou, Tongyu, Xie, Jing, Loo, Yat Ming
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architects
Architecture
Design
Design factors
Development projects
digital mock-up
Digital mockup
evidence-based design
Health care
healthcare building design
Human factors
Literature reviews
physical mock-up
Positivism
Product development
Research methodology
Scholarly publishing
Simulation
virtual reality
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2075-5309
2075-5309
DOI:10.3390/buildings12060745