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were different requirements on placement of thereception dep<strong>end</strong><strong>in</strong>g on if it was watched from theentrance or from the <strong>in</strong>side of the entrance hall.The function of the reception related to today<strong>and</strong> future expected functionality was further discussed<strong>in</strong> the Functional Build<strong>in</strong>g Systems Consolidation(FCON) space. Revised solutions wereevaluated <strong>and</strong> discussed <strong>in</strong> the SOL space. See alsoFigures 3–4.A special VR-Wii solution was developed atRambøll provid<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>user</strong>s a simple <strong>and</strong> cost efficientway to navigate <strong>in</strong> the virtual build<strong>in</strong>gs solutions<strong>in</strong> the SOL space. See Figure 5.A particular <strong>user</strong> group was early established totake care of <strong>end</strong> <strong>user</strong> needs <strong>in</strong> connection with <strong>in</strong>teriors<strong>and</strong> facilities <strong>in</strong> meet<strong>in</strong>g spaces <strong>and</strong> commonlocations. In this case VIC-MET was used late <strong>in</strong>the process <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g a choice of specific furniture<strong>and</strong> their placements. Solutions were presented <strong>in</strong>both virtual <strong>and</strong> real sett<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> the exist<strong>in</strong>g office.The ma<strong>in</strong> activities took place <strong>in</strong> the FCON <strong>and</strong>SOL spaces. Special regards to possibilities forhous<strong>in</strong>g both social <strong>and</strong> more private meet<strong>in</strong>gswere studied <strong>in</strong> the café space. See Figure 6.4.2 The Arkitema headquarter caseThe Arkitema office project started <strong>in</strong> 2005. Thekick-off procedure <strong>and</strong> early workshops from thiswork gave fruitful <strong>in</strong>put to the VIC-MET development.An <strong>in</strong>tentional focus <strong>in</strong> the office design wasFigure 4. Entrance alternative 2 <strong>in</strong> the new RambollHead Office.Figure 5. A special VR-Wii solution was developed atRamboll.Figure 6. The comb<strong>in</strong>ed café <strong>and</strong> meet<strong>in</strong>g space at thenew Ramboll Head Office.Figure 3. Entrance alternative 1 <strong>in</strong> the new RambollHead Office.to keep the design activities on a high abstractionlevel with focus on common values, needs <strong>and</strong>functional build<strong>in</strong>g performance. User <strong>in</strong>volvementprocedures for the VIC-MET were set-up<strong>and</strong> evaluated for the office space design case.108