https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:19329 Wed 11 Apr 2018 16:58:13 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:11605 Wed 11 Apr 2018 13:49:41 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:11758 Wed 11 Apr 2018 13:46:11 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26764 Wed 11 Apr 2018 12:40:35 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:11764 Wed 11 Apr 2018 11:25:03 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:24843 Wed 11 Apr 2018 09:42:30 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27439 Wed 11 Apr 2018 09:15:01 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:20791 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:05:59 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:21571 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:00:47 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:19356 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:52:03 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:28524 openness, enclosure, light, mystery and complexity as the key criteria shaping perceptions of psychological comfort. It has been suggested that these properties are responsible for evoking positive aesthetic responses to an environment and they have also been repeatedly linked to the works of renowned architects including Alvar Aalto, Glenn Murcutt and Peter Zumthor. However, the precise spatial and visual properties that allegedly evoke feelings of comfort have never been adequately identified, in part because previous research has involved multiple confounding factors or has lacked a controlled testing environment. The present paper responds to this situation by presenting the results of an empirical study involving 159 participants with diverse backgrounds who rated 24 carefully graduated images of virtual interiors for their feelings of comfort. The findings indicate a very high, positive correlation between an increasing degree of openness and perceptions of comfort. Furthermore, a comparison of perceptual responses with actual geometric room measures identifies several that correlate closely with feelings of comfort.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:29:18 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:28525 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:29:18 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:28526 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:29:17 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:23392 prospect or openness, refuge or enclosure, mystery or enticement and complexity. However, many of the studies which architects reference in design manuals are not actually about architecture, and others have strongly conflicting results. In response to this situation, the present paper undertakes a review of twenty-eight published studies testing preference for spaces which exhibit openness, enclosure, mystery and complexity. The results of these studies are then categorised to develop a meta-picture of the evidence. The paper does not test specific results, or interrogate the methods used, rather it holistically identifies evidence-based claims that have been made about these spatial properties, and summarises the complete set of findings.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:13:56 AEDT ]]>