UCL PEARL

UCL PEARL

Research Services

PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory)

About us

PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory) is a place in which we explore the ways in which people interact with their environments. Within our facility, we can simulate life-sized environments under controlled conditions, manipulating its ground, lighting, soundscape and smell so that we can examine how people interact. Learning about how we respond to such conditions then allows us to design the world in a way which is healthier and more sustainable for all.

Industry
Research Services
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
London
Type
Educational
Founded
2021
Specialties
engineering, transdisciplinary, simulation, built environment, design, research, community, policy, and innovation

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Employees at UCL PEARL

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  • UCL PEARL reposted this

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    Call for Participants! There will be an experiment at UCL PEARL from 21st January to 27th of January that will seek to determine whether street lighting benefits autistic and neurotypical people equally. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 who are between eighteen (18) and thirty-nine (39) years or between sixty-five (65) and eighty-five (85) years. Please note that there will be two groups (younger neurotypical and older neurotypical). The experiment for the younger group will be conducted on the 21st and 22nd of January, and that for the older group will be on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of January. The experiment will last for one hour and participants will receive £30 for participation (£20/hour and £10 to help cover their cost of travel). If you are interested in taking part in this research, please visit the address provided at the bottom of this advert to fill the online form and the researcher will contact you for scheduling. Please read the documents linked in the online form to find information on the exclusion criteria and consent.   https://lnkd.in/e7GqV5tA Photo credit: Urbis Schréder

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    Call for Participants! There will be an experiment at UCL PEARL from 21st January to 27th of January that will seek to determine whether street lighting benefits autistic and neurotypical people equally. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 who are between eighteen (18) and thirty-nine (39) years or between sixty-five (65) and eighty-five (85) years. Please note that there will be two groups (younger neurotypical and older neurotypical). The experiment for the younger group will be conducted on the 21st and 22nd of January, and that for the older group will be on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of January. The experiment will last for one hour and participants will receive £30 for participation (£20/hour and £10 to help cover their cost of travel). If you are interested in taking part in this research, please visit the address provided at the bottom of this advert to fill the online form and the researcher will contact you for scheduling. Please read the documents linked in the online form to find information on the exclusion criteria and consent.   https://lnkd.in/e7GqV5tA Photo credit: Urbis Schréder

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    Call for participants (RECRUITMENT NOW CLOSED). We are conducting a study on the interaction between e-scooters, bicycles and the pedestrian sidewalk with the aim to improve the shared space safety. We are looking for participants 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟴, who regularly 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲-𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 who are willing to take part in lab trials at the UCL PEARL facility in Dagenham. Participants will be 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 £𝟭𝟱𝟬 for their time and travel expenses. The experiment will run 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 with each experiment lasting no more than 1.5 hours. Participants will be expected to 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟯 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭.𝟱 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆. If you are interested in taking part please 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 for further details. https://lnkd.in/ezS-6zFm

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    Call for Participants! There will be an experiment at UCL PEARL from 21st January to 27th of January that will seek to determine whether street lighting benefits autistic and neurotypical people equally. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 who are between eighteen (18) and thirty-nine (39) years or between sixty-five (65) and eighty-five (85) years. Please note that there will be two groups (younger neurotypical and older neurotypical). The experiment for the younger group will be conducted on the 21st and 22nd of January, and that for the older group will be on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of January. The experiment will last for one hour and participants will receive £30 for participation (£20/hour and £10 to help cover their cost of travel). If you are interested in taking part in this research, please visit the address provided at the bottom of this advert to fill the online form and the researcher will contact you for scheduling. Please read the documents linked in the online form to find information on the exclusion criteria and consent.   https://lnkd.in/e7GqV5tA Photo credit: Urbis Schréder

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  • How UCL PEARL might be able to help improve stepping between trains (and buses) and platforms

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    Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering at University College London

    A very bad event, and I hope Lord Blunkett is recovering well. But of course this kind of event is not unusual. Inevitably, attention will be paid to "the gap" between the train and the platform, and of course this should be as small as possible. However, the many 'microdecisions' (most of them preconscious) that a person makes in the process of boarding a train start happening long before they encounter the gap. We need also to pay attention to things that distract those microdecisions, such as sounds (e.g. station announcements, people's conversations etc.) at a pertinent time and cause one of those microdecisions to be incorrect. As these are highly sequential, an error in one can affect many others, eventually possibly resulting in a fall. Understanding the processes underlying the act of boarding (and alighting from) a train (or bus) is currently very poor. This is just the sort of issue that UCL PEARL can study in depth. Perhaps the review initiated by Lord Blunkett's unfortunate experience should have a look at the new approaches and science being done there? This is not just a London Underground issue either - it applies to all railways, buses - and in fact to all cases that involve people crossing between a vehicle and stationary infrastructure. https://lnkd.in/e-JqA5RC

    Lord Blunkett injured after falling through gap on Tube

    Lord Blunkett injured after falling through gap on Tube

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  • Yitao Yang has created this multisensorial experiment so that we can understand better what we might need to be able to do to ensure the health and wellbeing of tube train passengers

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    Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering at University College London

    We have done all our tests, and run the final rehearsals, and now the teams at UCL PEARL are just putting together the final microadjustments for the experiments that will run tomorrow. We are investigating the cognitive load and stress effects arising from travelling on a crowded Underground train, so we have a physical and virtual multisensorial simulation of a deep tube train, stations, tunnels, all created to allow the data collection from brain and physiological sensors, as well as hormone samples and cognitive performance tests. And of course we will have lots of participants to crowd the train... !

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  • And check out UCL's Masters in Transport and Mobility Systems (https://lnkd.in/e9yy3kYE), which shows how to use UCL PEARL to provide in-person experience of these issues to help create a sustainable, equitable and accessible future for all.

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    The Royal College of Art has released a report of their research study Streets for Diversity: Exploring how neurodivergent people experience streets. The project was carried out with funding from Rees Jeffreys Road Fund and conducted by The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and Intelligent Mobility Design Centre. The project listened to neurodivergent citizens, champions and transport experts who took part in a range of activities to highlight the challenges and opportunities on our streets. The activities included creative workshops, interviews, survey and “Walk and Talk”. The research identified the challenges streets can present for neurodivergent people, including issues around safety, unpredictability and uncomfortable environments. The research findings were used to develop 12 design opportunities for neurodivergent people, including creating places for people to sit, sensory support, and tools for navigation. A full copy of the report Streets for Diversity: Exploring how neurodivergent people experience streets, and an easy read version are both available from the Royal College of Art website here https://lnkd.in/eaHE4NUf Dr Suzy Charman #neurodiversity #streets #research

    • Cover of report by the Royal College of Arts called Streets for Diversity: How neurodivergent people experience streets. The cover has an orange boarder containing 12 cartoons which represent the 12 design opportunities identified in the report.
  • Yes, as Nick Tyler CBE FREng says, "We hear and then we listen, but we have to look in order to see. Our hearing tells our eyes where to look"

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    Director | Healthcare Sector Lead at ADP Architecture

    HUGE thank you to Kevin Smith and all the team for the invitation to join you today at the bi annual Ramboll #DesignExcellenceForum2024 at UCL PEARL in conjunction with UCL and LRL Space A really fantastic and thoroughly enjoyble day with amazing organisation, curation, speakers and panellists……so much brilliant UK and international content discussed across the 4 sessions Design x Learning Deisgn x Environment Design x Technology Design x Leadership There are so many takeaways and too many to summarise here (lots of notes to follow up on!) but I think one which really sticks out and has particular relevance to a current project is…… “We are visual beings in a world where sound is the main actor…..” Really good to meet up with Iain Mitchell-Jones | Sarah Ord | Bonnie Chu | Miles Delap #people #environment #engagement #entanglement #collaboration

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  • People experiencing PEARL for the first time are always amazed at our capabilities. Nick Tyler CBE FREng created this to deliver this amazement and to extend the world of thinking about people, the environment, and what they do together, beyond the constraints of traditional science, engineering, arts and humanities...

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    UK People Movement Lead at Arup

    It was an amazing experience to see the UCL PEARL facility in action recently at a special launch event. Below is a short video outlining why this type of research is so important and how it will tie into the work my team does in Arup's People Movement discipline, where we help shape space for all users across the built environment. #arup #peoplemovement #NeuroArchitecture

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