Abstract
This article presents the co-design and development process for a home control system in the context of a healthcare ecology for older people accessing care home services. The contribution of this article is threefold: (1) it presents a design-oriented, user-centred approach for studying intelligent environments (IE); (2) it describes an ontology-based architecture that provides the foundation for the system, and (3) it introduces a proof-of-concept tool for creating and customizing IE services. The article dedicates the system to ‘Alice’, a central persona created for the initial research scenarios, representing a new arrival at a residential care home. This article illustrates the multifaceted design process and considers the challenges of linking Alice's ‘intelligent apartment’ to all the other apartments next to, and beyond, hers.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3-22 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Intelligent Buildings International |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
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Keywords
- co-design
- do-it-yourself (DIY) experience
- human-centred design
- intelligent environment (IE)
- intelligent environment architecture
- paper-prototyping
- usability evaluations
- user interface design
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Designing smart living for ageing Alice – and the persons next door. / Kymäläinen, Tiina (Corresponding Author); Plomp, Johan; Tuomisto, Timo; Heinilä, Juhani; Urhemaa, Timo.
In: Intelligent Buildings International, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2015, p. 3-22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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