Simulating Library Visitors’ Experience for Comfort Building Design

Abstract

A library is often displayed in spaces originally not designed to be an academic support centre. Thus, it is common for the library to fail to provide adequate lighting display conditions, ergonomic space for books, and visitors’ mobility comfort. As the potential of education infrastructure visitors demand higher standards for the beauty landscape and more exploring sources of natural lighting. In order to objectively assess if a library meets the required standards it is necessary to establish a proper evaluation method. This study proposes a novel procedure relying on visitor suggestion data and dynamic mobility metrics. The procedure, which considers both education and visitors’ needs, can provide librarians with scientific, repeatable data. The validity of the procedure is simulated through its application in a case study: the library is in Rantau, tapin regency, south Kalimantan of Indonesia. The simulation results show that the proposed design can be useful in buildings to effectively control air circulation and improve visual comfort mobility. These simulation data can help librarians, contractors, and building management screen out potential improving until the most adequate