A study on psychological evaluation in the semi-outdoor space to get out of the rain, "AMA-YADORI"

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the attributes of Semi-Outdoor space which is better to stay for a short time. In this paper, "AMA-YADORI" is focused as one of the actions in Semi-Outdoor space to get out of the rain. The psychological experiment was conducted based on the results of the questionnaire survey carried out to obtain the actual conditions of "AMA-YADORI". In the experiment, the subjects were asked to evaluate 40 photographs of Semi-Outdoor spaces taken in Hiroshima City. The evaluation tendencies of the comprehensive and individual evaluation items and image evaluation items were shown and the relationships among these evaluations were examined. Furthermore, the physical attributes of Semi-Outdoor spaces preferred for "AMA-YADORI" were clarified based on the relationships between the psychological evaluation and the physical attributes.