The room is constructed with three factors (i.e. a floor, a wall and a
ceiling). With all of these factors, it is an important to our living.
However, we are living using various furnishings. As a result, we have to
investigate how do residents feel and perceive in the room that various
furnishings.
The purpose of this study is to clarify the effect that shape and
position of "the space occupied" have on perception of room volume and
spatial impressions. The various shape and position of "the space occupied"
is presented randomly. In experiment 1, The Method of Magnitude Estimation
is used; subjects are then compared the volumes of two rooms. In experiment
2, subjects are then asked spatial impressions on 3 topics (i.e. sense of
oppressed, feeling of cramped, feeling of comfortable). Subjects are 20
persons (the male:10, the female:10).
The results are summarized as below;
1).Perception of room volume is influenced on differences in the type of
"the space occupied."
2).Perceived room volume is smaller than an actual room volume.
3).Spatial impressions are influenced on differences in the size of "the
space occupied."
4).Perception of room volume and spatial impressions has highly
correlated with the wall area that covered by "the space occupied."