A STUDY ON MEASUREMENT OF THE SENSE OF OPPRESSION BY A BUILDING : PART-4 Estimation of a Permissible Value of the Sense of Oppression and Conclusion of this Study

Takei, Masaaki; O’Hara, Maureen

doi:10.3130/aijsaxx.310.0_98

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“…This result is in accordance with findings of Takei et al (1981) and shows that when buildings grow higher and bigger, and therefore the configuration factor increases, it results in an increase in the perception of oppressiveness by people facing the building.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…The first year of administering the question (250 households were surveyed, and 209 responses collected) resulted in the finding that respondents attributed a feeling of peacefulness to trees. It was also found that as the amount of building visible through the leaves increases the mitigating effect also decreases (Takei, 1981). Takei et al proved that the presence of trees situated around a single building does decrease oppressiveness (Takei, 1983).…”

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confidence: 95%

“…This method is commonly used in urban landscape assessment studies and is a valid method to evaluate the degree of frustration and oppressiveness (Takei, 1981;Matasuda, 1995;Hwang, 2007). The above method was chosen for this experiment in order to find the relation between the sense of oppressiveness and physical parameters while also evaluating the oppressiveness of the cityscape.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The results showed that despite the high configuration factor of the building there were some responses that did not reflect the high levels of oppressiveness which often accompany high configuration factors. This was a surprising finding and it was theorized that the trees planted around the high-rise buildings mitigated oppressiveness by partially screening the view of the wall from the survey participants (Takei, 1981).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This research will therefore focus mainly on the configuration factor and the solid angle rate. Takei theorized that the amount of oppressiveness that can be withstood by people has a limit (Takei, 1981). Further research determined that the permissible value of oppressiveness is 8% of the building configuration factor.…”

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Investigating Green Urbanism; Building Oppressiveness

Asgarzadeh

Koga

Yoshizawa

et al. 2010

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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There are both positives and negatives to constructing high-rise buildings in high population densities of large cities. The negative effect of oppressiveness ( 圧迫感 ) will be the focus of this paper. Oppressiveness is defined as the negative feeling resulting from being surrounded by high-rise buildings. Building oppressiveness when combined with other urban stresses contributes towards making compact cities unsustainable. In other words these negative psychological factors of the environment are barriers to achieving urban sustainability. Therefore it is important to find ways to mitigate the negative psychological effects of high-rise buildings in order to improve the benefits of compact cities. This research assesses the psychological effect of green building façades and trees in Tokyo while taking into consideration a real urban environment. Within the context of the goal of "Green Urbanism" this research also measures and compares the effect of these two different types of greenery on residents' psychology. The methodology consisted of two experiments that were conducted in the Hongo area of downtown Tokyo. The aim was to assess the effects of green façades and trees in terms of environmental psychology and compare them. The results showed that the effect of greenery on the façade of buildings is not as positive as the effect of a tree-lined street. Trees are significantly more effective in mitigating the perception of oppressiveness. The results are important for urban designers and government policy makers.

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confidence: 81%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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