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were different requirements on placement of thereception depending on if it was watched from theentrance or from the inside of the entrance hall.The function of the reception related to todayand future expected functionality was further discussedin the Functional Building Systems Consolidation(FCON) space. Revised solutions wereevaluated and discussed in the SOL space. See alsoFigures 3–4.A special VR-Wii solution was developed atRambøll providing the users a simple and cost efficientway to navigate in the virtual buildings solutionsin the SOL space. See Figure 5.A particular user group was early established totake care of end user needs in connection with interiorsand facilities in meeting spaces and commonlocations. In this case VIC-MET was used late inthe process involving a choice of specific furnitureand their placements. Solutions were presented inboth virtual and real settings in the existing office.The main activities took place in the FCON andSOL spaces. Special regards to possibilities forhousing both social and more private meetingswere studied in the café space. See Figure 6.4.2 The Arkitema headquarter caseThe Arkitema office project started in 2005. Thekick-off procedure and early workshops from thiswork gave fruitful input to the VIC-MET development.An intentional focus in the office design wasFigure 4. Entrance alternative 2 in the new RambollHead Office.Figure 5. A special VR-Wii solution was developed atRamboll.Figure 6. The combined café and meeting space at thenew Ramboll Head Office.Figure 3. Entrance alternative 1 in the new RambollHead Office.to keep the design activities on a high abstractionlevel with focus on common values, needs andfunctional building performance. User involvementprocedures for the VIC-MET were set-upand evaluated for the office space design case.108