Children's Spatial Cognition and School Building

Miyamoto, Fumihito; Taniguchi, Hirokuni

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“…The majority of studies are at the classification level. Miyamoto (1992) investigated how students build a mental cognitive map of the school building, and found that students tend to recognize the school not by the shape of the building but by the connection of spaces: classrooms connect with corridors; corridors connect with halls; halls connect with staff rooms; and so on.…”

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Spatial Configuration of Japanese Elementary Schools: Analyses by the Space Syntax and Evaluation by School Teachers

Kishimoto

Taguchi

2014

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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In this paper, we analyzed the spatial configuration of Japanese elementary schools by using the space syntax theory. First, we selected the floor plans of 76 Japanese elementary schools from an architectural journal and educational government offices and analyzed them. They were classified into five types according to the spatial connection properties of mean integration, mean connectivity, and intelligibility. Second, they were classified into five types by the order of the integration of different functional spaces. Finally, four evaluations of the students' activity and eight evaluations of educational performance were performed through a questionnaire survey of school teachers in each school. Through multivariate analysis of variance, the relation among the evaluations and the types of schools were estimated statistically. As a result, the merits and demerits of each type of elementary school were assessed.

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Spatial Configuration of Japanese Elementary Schools: Analyses by the Space Syntax and Evaluation by School Teachers

Kishimoto

Taguchi

2014

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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Study on Spatial Cognition of Width, Depth and Height in Spaces in Well-Hole Style

洋¹,

祐輝²

2010

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The aim of the study is to investigate relationship between Spatial Cognition and space characteristics in space in well-hole style. We also try to clarify the psychological evaluation. The present study mainly analyzes sketch maps drawn by subjects on paper with grids, each of which stands for scale(it is called grid maps). Subjects are also asked to evaluate some psychological items in questionnaires. Analysis involved comparing the grid maps, concentrating on width, length or height. The main conclusion is as follows. Firstly, it is found that height tends to be overestimated. Secondly, a narrow space in plan or in section, tends to be recognized as space in propotion of square. Lastly, the relationship between psychological evaluation and Spatial Cognition has also been clarified.

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Children's Spatial Cognition and School Building

Cited by 2 publications

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Spatial Configuration of Japanese Elementary Schools: Analyses by the Space Syntax and Evaluation by School Teachers

Spatial Configuration of Japanese Elementary Schools: Analyses by the Space Syntax and Evaluation by School Teachers

Study on Spatial Cognition of Width, Depth and Height in Spaces in Well-Hole Style

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