Intelligent Places
Explore the convergence between spaces, people, and activities toward human-aware building design and operations
Multi-Agent Modeling
Model the dynamic and context-dependent behavior of building occupants in complex environments
Human Behavior Simulation
Simulate the behavior of building occupants to inform architectural design of complex workplaces
Operations Management
Optimize resource allocation of people, spaces, and equipment to optimize workplace performance
Human-Aware Sensing
Detect occupants' presence and activities to inform building design and operations strategies.
Building Systems Co-Simulation
Co-simulate spatial, social, and environmental processes in buildings to account for their mutual impact.
Spatial Cognition
Incorporate spatial perception and cognition into agent models to analyze people movement and activities in social settings.
Data-Driven Visual Analytics
Visualize and analyze space utilization scenarios to support decision-making for architects, planners, and building operators.
Visual Scripting Behaviors
Use a visual scripting modeling language to represent and simulate complex human behavior workflows in built environments.
Natural Language Interface
Develop a natural language interface using common sense knowledge to simulate and analysis space utilization scenarios.
Hybrid-Virtual Environments
Create online virtual places augmented with physical information sensed in built environments toward hybrid places.
Hybrid-Physical Environments
Design physical places augmented with digital information made visible using Augmented Reality toward hybrid places.
Research Overview at IPL
Check a summary of our work at IPL focused on simulating human-building interactions in complex workplaces.
Multi-Agent Hospital Simulation
Simulating planned and unplanned human behavior narratives in the cardiology unit at the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Resource Allocation Optimization
Simulating the implication of alternative resource allocation strategies at the San Bernardine Medical Center, CA, US.
Human-Environment Co-Sim
Co-Simulating environmental temperature, thermal comfort, and human spatial behavior in the Autodesk Offices in Toronto.
Intelligent Environments
Simulating Human-Building Interactions in Intelligent Environments. Outcomes of a course at the Technion in Spring 2022.
Conversational Interface
Using a natural language Interface coupled with common sense knowledge for simulation-powered occupancy analysis.
Mixed Reality for Hybrid Places
A Mixed Reality approach to visualize in physical environments the behavior of virtual occupants in digitally twinned environments.
Designing Hybrid Places
Designing hybrid places for social interactions across physical and virtual realms. Outcomes from a Technion course in Winter 2023.
News
Recent Publications
Ten questions concerning human-building interaction research for improving the quality of life
Becerik-Gerber et al.
Building and Environment
2023
The field of human building interaction for convergent research and innovation for intelligent built environments
Becerik-Gerber et al.
Scientific reports
2023
University Hubs: an emerging phenomenon between campus, work, and social spaces
Migliore et al.
TWR Conference
2022
Dynamic Building Activities Management in Healthcare Facilities: A Study in a Catheterization Lab
Kalay et al.
SimAUD Conference
2021
Simulating Multi-Agent Narratives for Pre-Occupancy Evaluation of Architectural Designs
Schaumann et al.
Automation in Construction
2019
JOIN: An integrated platform for joint simulation of building-occupant interactions
Schaumann et al.
Architectural Science Review
2019
Simulating use scenarios in hospitals using multi-agent narratives
Schaumann et al.
Journal of Building Performance Simulation
2017
Human behavior simulation in architectural design projects: an observational study
Hong et al.
Computers, Environments and Urban Systems
2016
Team
Dr. Davide Schaumann
Principal Investigator (PI)
Dr. Schaumann is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning and the director of the Intelligent Place Lab
Ben Drusinsky
Master Student
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Shaked Fried
Master Student
Shaked is co-supervised with Dr. Yoed Kenett from the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences. She has a background in A, B, C.
Saar Ben Porat
Master Student
Saar is co-supervised with Arch. Shany Barath from the Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning. Saar has a background in A, B, C.
Shir Kedmi
Research Assistant
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Ezra Ozery
Research Collaborator
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Tom Feldman
Research Collaborator
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Open Positions
Contact
Intelligent Place Laboratory (IPL)
Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Segoe Building, Room 506
d.schaumann@technion.ac.il