What is it about?
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of gender, age, level of education, and ceiling height on cognitive processing and wayfinding, and to investigate these effects on architectural design using a brain imaging method
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Why is it important?
This study has shown that architectural space height has a direct effect on wayfinding behaviour: the height of the space affects people positively, both cognitively and behaviourally. The other basic finding of the work records the recollection of objects placed in the space, emphasizing the importance in architectural design of the recognition of objects in a space with a high ceiling for easier recall. Consequently, the findings of the study may contribute to design: the most important finding of this study is the effect that the height of space has on architectural design, a finding that we believe brings a different perspective to traditional design approaches and one which will affect designers. Other findings of the study (factors such as education level, age, etc.) have a social impact.
Perspectives
his study aims to foreground the interaction between architectural components and neuro- and brain-science. In the last decade, collaboration between the disciplines of cognitive sciences and brain sciences and the discipline of architecture has provided a different interpretation of design methodologies.
İlker Erkan
Suleyman Demirel Universitesi
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This page is a summary of: Examining wayfinding behaviours in architectural spaces using brain imaging with electroencephalography (EEG), Architectural Science Review, September 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2018.1523129.
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