Understand vertical crowd flow inside buildings

Staircases, escalators and elevators are the vertical means of access in buildings and can hardly be distinguished in their basic function - they connect individual floors into a single unit. However, there are major differences in their cost and mode of operation, which must be taken into account during planning. When planning, it is therefore particularly important to know the capacities and effects of the access routes in order to be able to ensure maximum comfort and efficiency.

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Finding the right mix

As a planner, you have stairs, escalators and elevators at your disposal to connect individual floors. But how wide should your stairs be? How many escalators should you plan for? Where are elevators most efficiently used? And how well does the interaction of the various forms of access work? With the help of simulations, you can easily simulate different combinations and arrangements to find the best layout for your project.

Avoid unnecessary costs

Retrofitting for additional capacity is a cost engineering nightmare. In addition, elevators and escalators are expensive to maintain. Therefore, it is important to avoid planning errors at an early stage. By means of simulations, you can ensure that your system meets the utilization requirements and is neither too large nor too small.

Detailed analyses

Elevator manufacturers have exact data on the theoretical passenger capacity or even the conveying capacity. Sometimes, the planned installations are also roughly simulated. What is not considered here, however, is the overall system. Our simulations give you information about the overall system - and thus also simulate the load to be expected on elevators in reality. In doing so, one can evaluate many details such as waiting times, capacity or travel time.

“In high-rise projects or mixed-use projects, we often examine the foyer and the elements extending from it for vertical access. The number and position of these elements can be varied to determine the best possible solution in terms of the given design criteria.”

Suanne Baur, Simulationsexpertin accu:rate GmbH

„Ich arbeite bereits seit Jahren mit crowd:it, um Sicherheitskonzepte zu erstellen. Meine Kunden und ich sind von den Visualisierungen und der Qualität der Ergebnisse begeistert!“

Oliver Klaus, vonclaussens, Expert User crowd:it

Our customers

Visitor flow simulation of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin Palace

Client: Humboldt Forum Foundation
Task: Visitor flow analysis
Result: Optimization of visitor flows in the building

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Social Distancing Simulation of Hamburg Messe und Congress

Client: Hamburg Messe und Congress
Task: Capacity planning with Social Distancing Simulation
Result: Corona compliant capacity check

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Comfort analysis of the EDGE East Side in Berlin (Warschauer Brücke)

Client: EDGE Technologies
Task: Comfort analysis
Result: Optimization of the flow of people in the building

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Comfort analysis of the Grand Tower Moscow

Client: Werner Sobek
Task: Comfort analysis
Result: Optimization of the flow of people in the building

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Visitor simulation for the FIFA World Football Museum

Client: FIFA World Football Museum
Task: Capacity analysis
Result: Optimization of tours

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People flow analysis for the Garching cafeteria

Client: Munich State Building Authority
Task: Process simulation
Result: Optimization of the free-flow area of the new cafeteria to be built

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Further information

White Paper: new elevator features (en)
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Our project workflow: This is how a simulation project works
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