View Quality Assessments: A Pilot Study of Field Methods

Sammanfattning

This paper describes findings from a workshop during which participants evaluated a series of window views. An explorative approach was applied to identify issues and testing methods useful in daylight research. The participants visited nine rooms with views of varied content, complexity, and viewing distance under the overcast sky. Participants used surveys with quantitative and qualitative questions, hand drawings, illuminance measurements, and photography to appraise the view quality. Subsequently, daylight simulations and neurocognitive tests have been carried out in two rooms with "bad" and "good" views. Multi-directional views were valued more than narrow or single-directional views. The cognitive testing showed numerical differences in several measures and a significant correlation between the difference scores for sadness and the difference scores for Trail Making Test-B across two rooms. The study identified that buildings of historical value, a presence of greenery, colored building facades, or a presence of people (content) contribute to a positive assessment of the view but are not included in the assessment criteria.

Nyckelord

daylight recommendations; explorative research approach, quantitative and qualitative evaluation; view out; view quality

Publicerad i

LEUKOS
2025
Utgivare: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS INC

SLU författare

• Palsdottir, Anna Maria

  • Institutionen för människa och samhälle, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Husbyggnad
Psykologi (exklusive tillämpad psykologi)

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2024.2443188

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