ABSTRACT
Pre-construction public evaluation of proposed interventions in the physical environment (and post-occupancy evaluations of built projects) involve the lay public to an unprecedented degree as both virtual participants in the design process and as pre-eminent factors in the design considerations. The implications of these developments include the necessity for more specific identification of user-groups, and more experientially-oriented means of performance specifications, environmental representation, and user responseelicitation. The consequences will significantly affect design practice, education, and research, as well as provide an empirical basis for design theory.
