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<p>Understanding the movements of crowds offers more and more opportunities in the field of architecture, in both active and passive methods of implementation.</p>
<p>The study briefly describes crowd dynamics, the new field of research as well as the levels of investigation of human mass movements. Due to its expected large-scale spread, it particularly describes the need for and the possibilities of individual human body motion detection in retail facilities while emphasizing the architectural aspects of the rise of innovative commercial facilities. It details and compares the operational processes of modern-day queue-free “convenience” stores, Amazon Go with JWO technology, and Żabka Nano units operating according to AiFi, highlighting their architectural features.</p>
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Understanding the movements of crowds offers more and more opportunities in the field of architecture, in both active and passive methods of implementation.
The study briefly describes crowd dynamics, the new field of research as well as the levels of investigation of human mass movements. Due to its expected large-scale spread, it particularly describes the need for and the possibilities of individual human body motion detection in retail facilities while emphasizing the architectural aspects of the rise of innovative commercial facilities. It details and compares the operational processes of modern-day queue-free “convenience” stores, Amazon Go with JWO technology, and Żabka Nano units operating according to AiFi, highlighting their architectural features.

The Significance of Human Individual and Crowd Movement Research in Built Environment, with Emphasis on its Function in Retail Spaces

Banki Donat Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering, Óbuda University

YBL Journal of Built Environment

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Understanding the movements of crowds offers more and more opportunities in the field of architecture, in both active and passive methods of...

The Significance of Human Individual and Crowd Movement Research in Built Environment, with Emphasis on its Function in Retail Spaces

Published Online: Jun 22, 2024

Page range: 113 - 126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbe-2024-0012

Keywords
crowd movement, architecture, built environment, human body motion detection, convenience store, innovative store, queue-free store

© 2024 Dóra Edelmann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The Significance of Human Individual and Crowd Movement Research in Built Environment, with Emphasis on its Function in Retail Spaces

Published Online: Jun 22, 2024

Page range: 113 - 126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbe-2024-0012

Keywordscrowd movement, architecture, built environment, human body motion detection, convenience store, innovative store, queue-free store

© 2024 Dóra Edelmann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
crowd movement, architecture, built environment, human body motion detection, convenience store, innovative store, queue-free store