In creating the PEARL facility, we have created a building in which we can express and develop our thinking about how to design, create...

The Vision that we set out when conceiving PEARL was "to create a better world for a future in which people and the environment can...

Figure 1: 700 school children got an eye-opening insight into the many careers available in London’s booming film and TV industry at...

Update: Thanks to all those who expressed their interest. As experiments have now started, applications are now closed. If you are...

This week we have been talking a bit about lighting. A major infrastructure owner came to see us to find out if we could help them find...

The PEARL facility, designed by London-based architecture firm Penoyre & Prasad, has just been featured in the Architects' Journal. Check...

Research exploring the effects of spending time in nature and natural environments has consistently reported a wide range of both...

PEARL is looking for our new Community Engagement Assistant - could this be You?! Do you have experience in public engagement, community...

At PEARL, in addition to doing the research and our teaching, dissemination and community participation activities, we also consider how...

We are about to undertake some experiments which require a park to be created in PEARL. The park has four large screens around it, which...

Innovate Audio, creator of the panLab 2 spatial sound design and mixing tool, and UCL’s PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research...

This week we are starting a project to examine the sounds that might be used for e-scooters to alert pedestrians of their presence. In...

This image is of a savanna - in this case in Zimbabwe. The human species has evolved to enable us to live successfully in such an...

Last week, it was announced that PEARL is one of the finalists in the National Urban Design Awards 2021 in the Innovation Category. You...

The philosophy that drove the design of the PEARL facility is that we act based on our perception of the world. PEARL was designed to...

PEARL will be opening its doors to the public for the first time on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of September 2021 as part of Open House...

Last week, I talked about how the absence of sensation could be a useful way of understanding how we sense the world. This week we can...

This week we have been testing the ability of PEARL to achieve a full blackout. This capability is important, as it gives us a baseline...

As we move through June, the snagging in the building is progressing and the details are beginning to emerge. This week we have seen some...