PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE OF SPACE Flashcards
Key
Psychological
Concepts
- Proxemics: Personal space and comfort zones.
- Biophilia: Connecting with nature.
- Sense of Enclosure: Feeling safe versus feeling trapped.
- Wayfinding: Navigating space easily
Interior spaces influence .
Why
Psychological
Experience
Matters in
Interior
Design
emotions,
behaviors,
well-being
- Interior designers create spaces that
foster positive psychological
experiences.
Why
Psychological
Experience
Matters in
Interior
Design
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Human brain processes spatial
information:
* Sensory inputs:
How Do
We
Perceive
Space?
visual, auditory, tactile
size, scale, distance.
Understanding
Personal Space
Proxemics
Different types of spaces:
- Cultural differences in personal
intimate, personal, social, public.
Connecting with
Nature
Biophilic Design:
- Benefits:
- Examples: plants, natural light,
water features.
- reduced stress,
- improved mood,
- enhanced creativity.
Creating Safe and Comfortable Spaces
Sense of Enclosure:
Design elements for Sense of Enclosure: .
* Balancing openness and enclosure.
partitions, walls, canopies
Navigating Spaces
with Ease
Wayfinding:
- Importance of wayfinding in interior design.
- Visual cues:
- Impact on user experience:
signage, lighting, color coding.
reducing confusion and stress.
Colors affect mood and emotions.
* Warm vs. cool colors: different psychological
effects.
* For ex: warm colors - energizing and inviting
* Cool colors like blue and green - calming and serene.
* Natural vs. artificial lighting in creating ambiance.
* Natural light is often preferred for its positive effects on mood and health,
whereas artificial lighting can be used to create specific effects and
atmospheres.The Role of Color and Lighting
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So far, we could understand that design,
colors, lighting and the whole
surrounding environment will affect the
mental state of the people in that space.
That shapes their attitudes and behavio
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They illustrate place science principles that are
fundamental to the experience of physical
environments.
These principles can be applied in:
*
Homes
* Schools
* Stores
* Restaurants
* Workplaces
* healthcare facilities, and wherever else people find
themselves
is a discipline like physics or genetics. It uses
structured thinking to establish how the place you’re in physically
influences the state you are in mentally and then determines what
changes (if any) need to be made in a space to achieve personal
and professional objectives.
Place science
Place scientists (also known as environmental psychologists).
Are parts of ( psychologists, biologist, architect, interior designer, and sociologist)
PLACE SCIENTISTS HAVE SYSTEMATICALLY GATHERED
INFORMATION ABOUT HUMAN RESPONSES TO
- smells
- Furniture arrangement
- Color
- textures
- Ceiling Height
- Shapes
- sounds
They answer
questions such as
the following:
* How and why does ceiling height matter?
* How does personality influence the kinds of
places in which people flourish?
* Are there some sorts of physical environments
in which people are more creative than others?
* How should colour be used in place design?
How should national culture influence colour
selections?
* What sorts of landscape views are most
refreshing
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- All people like spaces where
they feel comfortable, secure, and
valued. They like spaces that meet
their functional needs
To Always respect the people who
will play on the sets that you create.
personality, organizational culture,
national culture, and design
experience influence the specifics of
how people respond to a space
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…..has documented patterns in
how we interact with our world. After they
uncover these patterns in how humans
respond to spaces
Place scientists
Place scientists can apply this information,
collaborating with people designing places and
products.
For example, place scientists work with furniture manufacturers to
determine how wide conference room tables should be, with
architects to determine how large the conference room holding that
table should be, with interior designers to identify the appropriate
colours for the walls of that conference room
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Changing the physical
environment can
guide people toward
inspiration,
companionship and
privacy, delight and
comfort, freedom
and strength
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