Urban environments face the serious challenge of complying with relatively tight constraints regarding land and tenant density. In fact, this has become a key constraint in both current and future urban designs. Moreover, wellbeing is strongly influenced by urban planning and design decisions. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of spatial parameters on the wellbeing of potential dwellers through VR experiments. The research incorporated two experiments that were conducted in a VR laboratory, by manipulating virtual twins of an existing urban environment. The first experiment focused on increased density levels combined with commerce and vegetation, while the second one focused on variant morphologies within a fixed density level. The results indicate that morphology, density, vegetation, and commercial activity have a significant impact on people’s wellbeing. The findings of this research emphasize certain design principles that could improve urban designs that are part of densification processes.

城市环境面临着遵守相对严格的土地和租户密度限制的严峻挑战。事实上，这已成为当前和未来城市设计的关键约束。此外，福祉受到城市规划和设计决策的强烈影响。本研究的目的是通过 VR 实验检查空间参数对潜在居民幸福感的影响。该研究通过操纵现有城市环境的虚拟双胞胎，结合了在 VR 实验室中进行的两项实验。第一个实验侧重于增加密度水平与商业和植被相结合，而第二个实验侧重于固定密度水平内的变体形态。结果表明，形态、密度、植被、和商业活动对人们的福祉产生重大影响。这项研究的结果强调了某些可以改进作为致密化过程一部分的城市设计的设计原则。