HUMAN REACTIONS TO STATIC ELEMENTS Flashcards
…. signal transition from one
space into another. Those transitions can
be made memorable or uneventful
.
Entryways
Men respond differently than women to
transitionalzones.
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How Men respond differently than women to
transitionalzones.
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
What anyone sees from the entryway of a space is very
significant, Why ?
First impressions are powerful and enduring
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.
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The distance between the top of
our head and the bottom of some
other surface .
. CEILING
NFLUENCES OF CEILING HEIGHTS
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)
Audio effect varies when the ceiling height is high or low ,
* Also , its affected by the how wide the room is
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
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
while eating in Restaurant, we like to have our backs protected.
Few people will be comfortable sitting in
the bank lobby
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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
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linear seating arrangement
Vs.
circle seats arrangement
more formal
more intimate
Seats can be arranged to encourage
people not to talk by ….. In certain
situations, conversation among people in
a space is counterproductive
keeping them all
facing the same direction
At a rectangular table, one of the seats at the short ends of the table is usually occupied by the group leader
leaderspot
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.
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.
is a way for one person to break eye contact without
seeming to evade or avoid another person.
“INTERACTION BREAK
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.
Interaction breaking can be through :
Skylight
* Artwork
* Window
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
personal space
The spaces that you are creating must recognize the personal space
needs of their…..
most frequent users
Intimate (0-50 cm)
Personal (0.5-1 m)
Social (1-4 m)
Public (4 m or more
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factors need to be integrated to determine preferred personal
spaces
- status : People force different-sized personal space zones around themselves based on their relationships with the other people.
- Gender determines how far we stand from each other.
- Men generally have larger personal spaces than women
- People who are taller have larger spaces
- Culture comes into play to determine preferred personal space zones
- Physical conditions affect the amount of personal space we want around
us. - When about 60 percent of the seats in a space are occupied, people perceive it as full and will sit somewhere else
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
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