Architecture and engineering students' evaluations of house façades: Preference, complexity and impressiveness

Akalın, Aysu; Yıldırım, Kemal; Wilson, Christopher C.; Kılıçoğlu, Önder

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.05.005

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“…In conclusion, the fact that the average values of the "impressiveness" and "stimulative" variables were higher (negative) than the "preference" variable for each period, showed that these variables could be one each sub-concept of the "preference" variable. Previously, the theory proposed by Akalin et al, (2010) 85 and Çapanoğlu (2014), 86 "the preference and the impressiveness variables have a parallel effect on the perception of environmental conditions" supports the results of this study.…”

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“…Just as in the study by İmamoğlu (2000), 43 in a study by Akalin et al (2010) 44 had found same results for modeling 7 mid-rise apartment buildings. The selected buildings as postmodern consumer examples were built by speculative developers after the year 2000.…”

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“…According to the results of the , 45 it was interesting to see that the most complex façades were also the most impressive among all complexity levels, but they were not actually preferred. However in another study by Akalin et al (2009), 46 by undergoing an intervention by the user, the situation of "preferencecomplex" and "impressiveness" of the detached housing examples, there was a relationship in a reverse "U" shape between preference and complexity and that the buildings having a facade with a medium degree of complexity were preferenced even more.…”

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“…45 Akalin et al, 2010. 46 Akalin et al, 2009. longing to five different religions by 19 different children between the ages of 11-14 living in Northern Ireland.…”

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Perceptual Evaluations of Different Period Mosque Facades: Preference, Complexity, Impressiveness and Stimulative

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ÖZIt was aimed in this study to determine the effects on the perceptual evaluations of participants for the design differences of mosque facades that were shaped according to periods, countries and architectural trends within the geographical boundaries where the Islamic religion spread. With this purpose, 100 participants treated in 3 groups (Seljukid period, Ottoman period and Turkish Republic Period) were evaluated with the semantic differentiation scale, which covered the variables of preference, complexity, impressiveness and stimulative of the facade visuals of 16 different mosques. In conclusion, the data obtained on the mosque visuals, which were used in the survey study, showed that there was a statistically significant differences among the variables of complexity, preference, impressiveness and stimulative and it was determined that there was a reverse U-shaped relationship between the variables of preference and complexity in the evaluation of mosque. Then, to examine the effect of age, gender and education level on participants evaluations of the mosque visuals, the one-way analysis of variance was applied. Accordingly, it was determined that the male participants displayed a more negative approach compared to female, middle-aged participants (36-50 years of age) compared to young participants (22-35 years of age), participants with higher education compared to participants with secondary education. According to results; the Ottoman period mosques were more complex compared to the others, they were preferenced more and found to be even more effective and stimulating.

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confidence: 95%

“…45 Akalin et al, 2010. 46 Akalin et al, 2009. longing to five different religions by 19 different children between the ages of 11-14 living in Northern Ireland.…”

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Perceptual Evaluations of Different Period Mosque Facades: Preference, Complexity, Impressiveness and Stimulative

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“…The study reports that females perceived the houses as more complex than males. In a more recent study, Akalin et al (2009) analysed the perception of 100 undergraduate students in Architecture and Engineering Departments. The individuals had to assess 15 photographs of house facades considering the roles of complexity, preference and impressiveness.…”

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Analysis of gender differences in the perception of properties: An application for differential semantics

Llinares

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2009

JIEM

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This paper presents the application of differential semantics to identify the semantic space (structure) used by men and women to describe their perception of properties on sale. 112 men and 43 women evaluated 112 images of flats on sale at the time of the study in the city of Valencia (Spain) using 60 adjectives. The set of attributes or variables which capture the user's perception of a property in his own words (semantic axes) was identified using factor analysis of principal components. The semantic space of a property was described by 15 independent axes which explained 64% of the variability for males and 17 axes which explained 72.3% of the variance for females. The connection between the subject's emotional response, expressed through the set of axes (15 for males and 17 for females) and the global evaluation in terms of the purchase decision was established. The results demonstrated significant differences in the variables used by both genders to express their perception of a property on sale and the weight of these variables on the purchase decision.

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Perception and appreciation of plant biodiversity among experts and laypeople

Breitschopf

Bråthen

2023

People and Nature

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1. Plant biodiversity, which is fundamental for the delivery of ecosystem services, is in decline. Yet, knowledge about how plant biodiversity is perceived and appreciated is scarce.2. We studied biologists' and laypeople's perception and appreciation for plant communities that differ in plant biodiversity, using ranges of plant biodiversity known to affect ecosystem services. We investigate species richness, species turnover and species evenness. A questionnaire based on photographs displaying artificial plant communities was used.3. Perceived biodiversity was 12% more often congruent with actual biodiversity for biologists than for laypeople. Species richness was perceived congruently with actual species richness by 77% of all respondents, compared with 27% for species evenness and 29% for species turnover. Appreciation for the displayed communities correlated positively with their actual plant biodiversity, except for species turnover. Appreciation always correlated positively with perceived plant biodiversity and even stronger than with actual plant biodiversity. This was not the case for species richness, for which perceived and actual biodiversity were most often congruent. 4. Our results suggest that plant biodiversity is perceived most accurately when changes in species richness are considered, while changes in species evenness and species turnover are perceived less accurately. The respondents' answers indicate that perceived higher plant biodiversity is appreciated more than perceived lower plant biodiversity, even when perceived and actual plant biodiversity are not congruent. 5. We corroborate findings that people value plant biodiversity per se. But we also find that people largely perceive species evenness and turnover with low accuracy; and that people have low appreciation for these biodiversity dimensions that are lesser known but essential to ecosystem functioning. Our finding that biologists have higher accuracy in perceiving biodiversity suggests that biodiversity literacy is key to increasing people's awareness of changes in plant biodiversity.

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Architecture and engineering students' evaluations of house façades: Preference, complexity and impressiveness

Cited by 105 publications

References 45 publications

Perceptual Evaluations of Different Period Mosque Facades: Preference, Complexity, Impressiveness and Stimulative

Perceptual Evaluations of Different Period Mosque Facades: Preference, Complexity, Impressiveness and Stimulative

Analysis of gender differences in the perception of properties: An application for differential semantics

Perception and appreciation of plant biodiversity among experts and laypeople

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