HUMAN REACTIONS TO STATIC ELEMENTS

Question 1

…. signal transition from one
space into another. Those transitions can
be made memorable or uneventful
.

Answer 1

Entryways

Question 2

Men respond differently than women to
transitionalzones.

Answer 2

true

Question 3

How Men respond differently than women to
transitionalzones.

Answer 3

Men find an entryway that is more
clearly sheltered more desirable than
women do.
* Men tend to feel more exposed when
entering an open space

Question 4

What anyone sees from the entryway of a space is very
significant, Why ?

Answer 4

First impressions are powerful and enduring

Question 6

Our first view of a space determines :
how information about that space will be organized in longterm memory, and that influences how easy it is to remember
information about that place later.

Answer 6

true

Question 7

The distance between the top of
our head and the bottom of some
other surface .

Answer 7

. CEILING

Question 8

NFLUENCES OF CEILING HEIGHTS

Answer 8

Low ceiling
* lower ceiling heights create a more intimate place
* Feel (relaxing)
* Fit with more social and less formal situations (a
height of 7- 9 feet)
* When two people are having a more intimate
conversation it’s recommends that the ceilings be(6-7
feet high) however, it’s fairly low for two people who are
standing up

Higher ceilings put us in a different mood (Serious)
* feel more formal , and make people very attuned to
behaving in the ways that others expect them to
behave.
* Fit with more public situations, formal conversation (a
height of 10- 12 feet)

Question 9

Audio effect varies when the ceiling height is high or low ,
* Also , its affected by the how wide the room is

Answer 9

In restaurant where the ceiling has
been lowered over the setting—it will
have quite different conversations in
each space.

If we are having a conversation in a place with a high ceiling,
the sound waves bouncing off of the ceiling make the people
we are talking to sound as if they are farther away from us
than they actually are

Question 10

while eating in Restaurant, we like to …
Diners will feel comfortable in these booths because
nothing can sneak up behind them. The most prized
spaces in restaurants are booths

SEAT PLACEMENT

Answer 10

while eating in Restaurant, we like to have our backs protected.

Question 11

Few people will be comfortable sitting in
the bank lobby

Answer 11

true

Question 12

In many waiting rooms, it’s best to have
some seats where people can sit in
family/friend groups and some places
for people to sit alon

Answer 12

true

Question 13

linear seating arrangement
Vs.
circle seats arrangement

Answer 13

more formal
more intimate

Question 14

Seats can be arranged to encourage
people not to talk by ….. In certain
situations, conversation among people in
a space is counterproductive

Answer 14

keeping them all
facing the same direction

Question 15

At a rectangular table, one of the seats at the short ends of the table is usually occupied by the group leader

Answer 15

leaderspot

Question 16

The …. will also sit so that he can see the door; monitoring
who is entering and leaving is a way to control the session.
* It is important that meeting rooms gracefully accommodate
these ….. about the way the space will be used.

Answer 16

leader

unspoken rules

For example, if there is a window behind the seat the
leader will use and bright sunlight comes through that
window during the course of the day, it will be difficult for
attendees to look at the leader, and that will distort the
session.

Question 17

is a way for one person to break eye contact without
seeming to evade or avoid another person.

Answer 17

“INTERACTION BREAK

Question 18

Biophilic design recognizes the
psychological satisfaction inherent in
living in spaces that use natural design
themes (colors, forms,material,
patterns of movement, etc.)
* When we incorporate elements from
nature’s stylebook into current places,
we mimic nature, either overtly or
subtly.

Question 19

Interaction breaking can be through :

Answer 19

Skylight
* Artwork
* Window

Question 20

is a
three-dimensional bubble
that surrounds us and moves
with us

can only be entered with
permission, and its size is
determined by our culture
and the situatio

Answer 20

personal space

Question 21

The spaces that you are creating must recognize the personal space
needs of their…..

Answer 21

most frequent users

Question 22

Intimate (0-50 cm)
Personal (0.5-1 m)
Social (1-4 m)
Public (4 m or more

Answer 22

true

Question 23

factors need to be integrated to determine preferred personal
spaces

Answer 23

1. status : People force different-sized personal space zones around themselves based on their relationships with the other people.
2. Gender determines how far we stand from each other.
3. Men generally have larger personal spaces than women
4. People who are taller have larger spaces
5. Culture comes into play to determine preferred personal space zones
6. Physical conditions affect the amount of personal space we want around
   us.
7. When about 60 percent of the seats in a space are occupied, people perceive it as full and will sit somewhere else

Question 24

SEEN OR NOT SEEN
When we’re doing something, we
actually perform better if there are
people watching us
—which
means even when we don’t
have any visual privacy
When we are doing something that is
more difficult for us having other
people watch us is a problem
and harms our performance

Answer 24

true

Question 25

When we feel crowded, we feel stressed”
* Crowding is breaking our personal space which make
us stressed.
* men are more likely to feel crowded than women,
and they experience more stress when they feel
crowded

Answer 25

true

Question 26

The physical design of the space we are in influences how crowded we feel there
call spaces that feel more and less crowded

Answer 26

** less crowded**,

• Rooms on higher floors are perceived as lighter
• Lighter, brighter spaces
• Escape options and distractions

** more crowded**
* high-rise buildings
* Long corridors seem narrow

Question 27

In designing, we can add physical barrier to minimize the crowding in space.

Answer 27

• pillars
• Plants pots
• artwork

Question 28

A personal controlled area of any size

.

Answer 28

territory

Question 29

It is harder to maintain a …. when there are lots
of doors in a space

Answer 29

territory

Question 30

it help us maintain the level of privacy we desire
it help us know who controls a space and who is in charge there
It can be a single seat or a multiacre estate

Answer 30

territory

Question 31

We can create Boundaries like

Answer 31

walls,
rugs,
changes in paint color, or
variations in ceiling height

Question 31

Biophilic design is a concept used
within the building industry to
increase occupant connectivity to the natural environment through the use of

Answer 31

direct nature,
indirect nature,
and
space and place conditions

Question 32

Use of shapes and other design elements that are
significant of the natural world is a principle of ..

Answer 32

biophilic
design

Question 33

More sophisticated biophilic design moves beyond
direct to more symbolic representations of nature, and
also incorporates abstract aspects of the experience
of being in nature

Answer 33

t

Question 34

n.(Biophilic designed buildings incorporate things
like

Answer 34

natural lighting
and ventilation,
natural landscape