A free crowd flow simulator for interior and spatial design students. Hundreds of visitors walk a 120 × 70 m mall in real time. Change the crowd, move kiosks, close entrances and run an evacuation drill. The heat map shows where people jam, graded by Fruin's level of service.
Drag kiosks, planters and benches to move them. Pick a tool to add new ones, or drag across the floor to lay a queue barrier. Click an entrance to open or close it.
What you can do with Mall Crowd Flow Simulator.
Hundreds of agents walking between stores, food court and exits.
Level-of-service colours from free flow to jam.
Move kiosks, close entrances and change corridors.
Measure how long it takes everyone to exit.
Morning, weekend peak and event crowds.
Density, speed, queue time and bottleneck alerts.
Get started in a few steps.
Practical benefits for students and designers.
See how layouts affect real movement, not just appearance.
Spot jams before they appear in a built space.
Evacuation drills show how exits and corridors perform.
Use numbers to back up your design proposals.
Made for learners and working designers.
The ideas behind the simulator, in brief.
John Fruin's level of service grades pedestrian space from A (free flow) to F (jammed) based on people per square metre.
As crowds get denser people slow down. Weidmann's curve models this relationship.
Narrow points such as kiosks near corridors or single exits limit how many people can pass per minute.
Clear sightlines and signage spread visitors more evenly through a space.
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It models how people move through a space so designers can find congestion and test layouts and exits.
No. It is a teaching model and does not replace a certified fire or evacuation analysis.
They follow Fruin's level of service. Green is free flow and red means people are packed and slowed down.
Yes. You can move kiosks, close entrances and change the crowd size and time of day.
Yes. It runs in the browser on phones, tablets and desktops.
Spatial planning and retail design are covered in B.Des Interior Design, and wayfinding in Communication Design.
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