School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Traffic simulator - Campus Haspel

Architects and urban planners generally design and develop public infrastructure from their individual perspective. This perspective is, among other things, the result of personal development, but also of physiognomic parameters such as age and gender. The aim of the application is to familiarise students with public spaces and, in particular, transport infrastructure from a different perspective as early as possible. With the help of virtual reality, users can be put subjectively in the position of a child, a wheelchair user or a person with a visual impairment. This gives them a personal impression of a different perspective.

 

The virtual traffic simulator is an interactive real-time traffic simulation of a complex intersection situation using the Haspel campus as an example. Different traffic scenarios can be displayed and analysed. Dynamic traffic light phases and pedestrian simulations are just as much a part of the project as the realistic representation of weather conditions and the day and night cycle. The simulator makes it possible to visualise the Campus Haspel in bright sunshine or in darkness and thunderstorms. This also allows socio-psychological effects such as areas of fear to be recognised.