Journal
ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE REVIEW
Volume 60, Issue 2, Pages 116-125Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2016.1266597
Keywords
Architectural space geometry; virtual environment; space perception; cognitive neuroscience; diffusion maps; affective response; emotions
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Funding
- Technion's president research grant
- Israeli Center of Research Excellence in Cognition [51/1]
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A multidisciplinary research was carried out to reach an improved understanding of the connection between the geometry of space and human emotions. The research develops a framework and methodology to empirically examine and measure human reaction to various types of architectural space geometries. It involves two stages of investigations in which participants experience four spaces characterized by different geometries. Their reaction to the spaces was investigated by means of both qualitative and quantitative methods, which involved questionnaires in the first experiment and advanced sensors and data analysis in a second experiment. The experiments, which employ new virtual reality, electroencephalogram and data analysis methods, confirm the developed methodology. In the first stage of the investigation, participants showed different types of responses and preferences towards spaces. Results of the second stage's experiment showed a difference in our mental reaction to different geometries of space.
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