Percept Walk
- Name
- Miguel Aboim
- Year
- 2018
- Institution
- Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
- Supervisors
- Fernando Moreira da Silva, Maria Lobo
- Discipline
- Ambient Design
- Scope
- Wayfinding
- Taxonomy
- Praxiology
- Type
- Theoretical/Practical
- Language
- Portuguese
- Wordcount / Pagecount
- 120,750 / 345
- Joint supervision
- No
Wayfinding in hospital environment
Research Process (12 methods)
x
People with reduced visual acuity
People with reduced visual acuity
People with reduced visual acuity
People with reduced visual acuity
People with reduced visual acuity
Wayfinding prototype
Wayfinding prototype
Wayfinding prototype
Wayfinding system Percept Walk
Wayfinding system Percept Walk
Group of hospital environment users
| # | Name of Method | Research Phase | Research Approach | Researcher Role | Object of Study / Participants | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Literature review | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | x | x |
| 2 | Questionnaire | Generative | Qualitative | x | People with reduced visual acuity | 23 |
| 3 | Visibility test | Generative | Qualitative | x | People with reduced visual acuity | 23 |
| 4 | Visibility test | Generative | Qualitative | x | People with reduced visual acuity | 23 |
| 5 | Haptic perception test | Generative | Qualitative | x | People with reduced visual acuity | 23 |
| 6 | Visibility test | Generative | Qualitative | x | People with reduced visual acuity | 23 |
| 7 | Prototyping | Generative | x | Design process | Wayfinding prototype | 1 |
| 8 | Readability test | Generative | Qualitative | x | Wayfinding prototype | 1 |
| 9 | Haptic perception test | Generative | Qualitative | x | Wayfinding prototype | 1 |
| 10 | Design project | Generative | x | Design process | Wayfinding system Percept Walk | 1 |
| 11 | Usability test | Evaluative | Qualitative | x | Wayfinding system Percept Walk | 1 |
| 12 | Questionnaire | Evaluative | Qualitative | x | Group of hospital environment users | 9 |
Knowledge Transfer & Exchange
Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Produced with input
| IK&T | Academia | Design Practice | Society |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context | No | No | No |
| Vision | No | No | No |
| Means | No | No | Yes |
Recommendations (5)
Extend the waysensing method to other sensory and cognitive conditions—such as blindness and autism—to understand how the sensory-perception evaluation approach must change and how far it can be expanded.
- Scope:
- Meso → Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium → Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory → Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Apply the Instrumental Value sensory-evaluation method to other building types—such as museums, citizen-service centers, and day-care centers—and refine it with new parameters plus simpler qualitative and quantitative notation grids.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium-High
Develop a best-practices manual for applying the Percept Walk system in spaces used by older adults.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- High
Continue studying haptic perception of textures—especially the textures proposed in this thesis—in other locations, with shorter visit cycles but longer evaluation periods.
- Scope:
- Meso → Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory → Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Study and evaluate the readability of digital public-service interfaces—such as information screens—using updated color and typography choices oriented to older adults with reduced visual capacity.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- High