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Commuters, shoppers, audiences, cyclists, pedestrians... as designers, we build for a world in motion. Whether it’s a new railway station, shopping mall or cultural landmark, understanding how people move, behave and interact is a vital part of the design process. MassMotion makes this level of insight possible.
Developed in-house by Arup, MassMotion is the world’s most flexible pedestrian and crowd simulation software. Based on pioneering research into the science of human movement and refined by data from real world projects, the software provides technical analysis of people’s movement through physical spaces. It allows our planners and engineers to test these designs, population levels, and operational overlays from a human perspective.
We built a detailed 3D simulation model in a collision avoidance environment to fully assess the proposed performance of Taoyuan International's Terminal 3. Passenger journey was visualised and designed in detailed.
Integration
MassMotion is fully 3D, integrates with BIM tools, and has been used to help design and plan iconic projects at various scales: from airports such as Beijing Daxing Airport to unique cultural events such as The Mile Long Opera. As a design tool, MassMotion works best as a combination of digital platform plus human insight.
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Designing for humans
As the world continues to urbanise, understanding how people flow through spaces is incredibly valuable. Our transport planning, fire engineering, people movement and user experience experts use MassMotion in many sectors to ensure smooth and efficient movement of people in rail stations, airport terminals, and popular public spaces.
Toronto's Union Station. We used MassMotion software to predict the success of the proposed changes to the station with regards to efficient pedestrian movements.
It’s a fundamental tool in our human-centred design approach: combining design expertise and local city knowledge with advanced technology. And we continuously refine MassMotion to ensure it reflects the developing needs of our clients.
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Explore Massmotion by sector
Massmotion analysis plays a different role in different contexts, but always drives safe, efficient and commercially valuable design choices.
