Language of Movement for Building Assessment: A Review of the Evaluation Methods of the Human Movement in the Built Space

Mosleh Ahmadi

Language of Movement for Building Assessment: A Review of the Evaluation Methods of the Human Movement in the Built Space

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide a framework for the categorization of methods and techniques of human movement evaluation, measurement, and assessment in the built space. The reviewed methods have been put together in a framework by the consideration of the level of movement and the timescale. In doing so, the phenomenon of movement has been distinguished as a four-level of movement scale that are subject to eight timescales. These four levels are imbedded movement, dynamic posture, dynamic location, and dynamic agent. Finally, twenty selected techniques and methods are defined and the methodological procedures of each of them have been described. These methods are mainly derived from studies on daylighting and comfort.