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PROJECTS IN PROGRESS
PEARL PERSON–ENVIRONMENT–ACTIVITY RESEARCH LABORATORY
VAST, ONE-OF-A-KIND BUILDING FOR RADICAL RESEARCH INTO PEOPLE AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS
This unique, reconfigurable lab has been designed for multi-scale research into access and mobility in its broadest sense, from navigating kerbs in wheelchairs to observing people flow in, off and within transport to improve train design and maximise space inside aircraft. The facility will encourage the local community to engage with the research as participants.
“This facility will enable fundamental research within a space that can simulate a wide range of different environments – and help us understand better how people engage with the world around them.”
NICK TYLER Director, UCL Centre for Transport Studies and Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering
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