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Title:
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DEFINING AND EVALUATING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR A HOUSING CO-DESIGN SYSTEM |
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Author(s):
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Micaela Raposo, Sara Eloy and Miguel Sales Dias |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-49-8 |
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Editors:
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Katherine Blashki, Yingcai Xiao, Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2023 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Graphical User Interface, Co-Design of Houses, Usability, User-Centered Design, User Experience |
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Type:
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Doctoral Consortium |
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First Page:
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283 |
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Last Page:
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287 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The inhabitants' participation in their houses' design process is critical for the customization of houses to their needs and aspirations and, thus, their satisfaction. The provision of mass-housing customization can be addressed using digital technologies, as they offer the generation of a wide range of solutions that can respond to the inhabitants' needs. However, computational systems must be easy-to-use by non-specialists. The available literature shows that, although there are some systems allowing house co-design, existing interfaces were not developed with a focus on the user experience nor tested with potential users. This paper reports ongoing Ph.D. work that aims to define and evaluate a graphical user interface of a co-design tool for mass-housing customization. Interviews with potential users were conducted, and user requirements were extracted. We defined a framework of co-design tasks and designed a graphical user interface for our system, which was then evaluated by a panel of end-users, with a low-fidelity prototype version. Results of the evaluation show that the participants were satisfied with the design. Participants proposed also various enhancements to our design. |
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