Assessment of elementary school buildings in Erbil city using space syntax analysis and school teachers′ feedback

Mustafa, Faris Ali; Rafeeq, Dalia Ali

doi:10.1016/j.aej.2019.09.007

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“…It further revealed that performance was more efficient while navigating previously learned routes than novel routes. Still, there is a limited understanding of users' behaviour and choices made in reading and navigating the environment (Mustafa & Rafeeq, 2019).…”

Section: Spatial Layout and Wayfinding Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of Spatial Layout on Wayfinding Behaviour in Hospital Environment in Nigeria

Ahmed

Muhammad

Isa

et al. 2020

JAABE

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Many studies have shown that wayfinding is affected by the familiarity of subjects with the environment. Wayfinding difficulties are caused due to the complexities of building configuration and evolving spaces that emerge over time in response to operational needs and change which results in disorientation, uncertainty, anxiety, frustration, and stress. Alarge hospital environment greatly influences the wayfinding behaviour of newcomers,which could be stressful and intimidating for them. This study explores the wayfinding behaviour of unfamiliar users in the acquisition of knowledge of the environment with the aim to improve wayfinding competence in hospitals. The study was carried out at Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), situated in the Plateau State of Nigeria.The methods used for data collection were walking-with observation, verbal protocol and a semi-structured interview.These methods indicated the participants’level of wayfinding performance during the navigation aimed to find the desired destination. The respondents, n 16 (8 male and 8 female),were purposively sampled and observed through behavioural mapping. Additionally, 24 respondents were separately interviewed in order to triangulate the findings of behavioural mapping. The findings revealed that the majority (62.5%) of respondents found the building layout complex to navigate due to their spatial similarities.Additionally, the wayfinding experience of the majority (95.8%) of respondents in the hospital was established to be difficult and stressful. Also, the result proved that 60% of female wayfinders were more prone to wayfinding errors than male wayfinders in finding their way to the desired destination due to the complexity of the building layout. The study recommends that building configuration design in hospitals should be organised in a simple way and it should be constantly reviewed as new spaces evolve.The implication calls for an improved design which remains distinctive and a well-linked layout that facilitates effective and efficient wayfinding for unfamiliar users in a safe and satisfactory manner.

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Section: Spatial Layout and Wayfinding Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of Spatial Layout on Wayfinding Behaviour in Hospital Environment in Nigeria

Ahmed

Muhammad

Isa

et al. 2020

JAABE

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“…Based on this calculation, the most integrated axes within each park were identified. Among these values, the integration index was obtained, which can be converted to a color scale that goes from red (most integrated axes of the system), orange, green, light blue, to dark blue (least integrated axes) [26]. Based on the analysis of the maps, the integration nuclei were identified.…”

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“…Sometimes the spatial accessibility index is also considered the best way to move between spaces [32]. Integration can be defined as the degree of integrated or segregated intersections [26,33].…”

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confidence: 99%

Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Using Space Syntax: A Case Study of Urban Parks in the South of Brazil

Neckel¹,

Maculan²,

Breda³

et al. 2020

JCEA

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“…It is also not spared from research that discusses design elements in primary schools such as; circulation of school buildings (Mustafa & Rafieq, 2019); Technology that must be applied in schools (Birt & Cowling, 2017); to air quality in schools (Yang, et al, 2015), as well as several studies on learning systems in schools such as: creating fun learning in schools (Wicaksono, 2020), to implementing project-based learning methods in schools (Tasci, 2015). For more details, it can be seen in Table 1.…”

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STEAM Elementary School With The Concept of Creative Learning Space in Heidegger’s View

Trisno

Tishani

2021

JDBE

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This research aims to find out that education significantly influences the way people live in the world; with today’s education, humans and robots have become blurred. Therefore, it is necessary to change the curriculum and education, architecture which are the main problems Heidegger’s views used as a reference in this study. The solution offered to apply the future curriculum, namely STEAM, to the education system and its architectural forms by creating creative spaces and creating architecture that exudes human existence in them with metaphorical architecture. In this study, the current incidence of COVID-19 is taken as the context of the times in which humans are in, so it is necessary to make a school design is responsive to Covid-19. The method applied: 1) Applying the concept of ‘being’ in Heidegger’s philosophy; 2) creating a creative space; 3) creating a strategy when the Covid-19 incident in Heidegger’s philosophy of ‘time’. Architects need to think about the people who feel the existence of buildings in terms of form and function. The findings; how to create creative spaces to help the learning process in schools so that children can be motivated by their creativity by referring to Heidegger’s views on ‘being and time’.

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Assessment of elementary school buildings in Erbil city using space syntax analysis and school teachers′ feedback

Cited by 23 publications

References 7 publications

Influence of Spatial Layout on Wayfinding Behaviour in Hospital Environment in Nigeria

Influence of Spatial Layout on Wayfinding Behaviour in Hospital Environment in Nigeria

Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Using Space Syntax: A Case Study of Urban Parks in the South of Brazil

STEAM Elementary School With The Concept of Creative Learning Space in Heidegger’s View

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