Ego-city. Automatic textual description of urban ambiences’ factors

Valerio Signorelli (1) , Thomas Leduc (1) , Vincent Tourre (1)

1 CRENAU - Centre de recherche nantais Architectures Urbanités

The dual experience of the city provided by our connected devices can be used to create an alternative representation of the city. This paper presents a method to automatically translate the physical parameters, from a morphological analysis of the space surrounding the user along a path, into a textual description. As these physical parameters are those perceived by the pedestrian, this description can be used to provide a navigation system based on ambiences’ factors. The methodology and a case study of this approach are presented showing a promising and innovative wayfinding solution.

Mots clés: urban ambiences; space perception; user centered; textual translation; path description

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

Valerio Signorelli, Thomas Leduc, Vincent Tourre. Ego-city. Automatic textual description of urban ambiences’ factors. Ambiances, tomorrow. Proceedings of 3rd International Congress on Ambiances. Septembre 2016, Volos, Greece, Sep 2016, Volos, Greece. p. 541 - 545. ⟨hal-01404442⟩