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Research On The Interior Environmental Design For Elderly Based On Environmental Psychology

Posted on:2013-03-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W L ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2232330371999114Subject:Art of Design
Abstract/Summary:
Environmental psychology is psychology an important branch, is a Specialized scientific study of human psychology and behavior, Its main tasks and objectives is that the research on the individual and the individual living in the interaction between the natural, social, and cultural background.And seek to meet the reasonable needs of the people and the environment as a continuum.Theory of Environmental psychology system is complexity, what is applicable for environmental design inclued Environmental perception, spatial cognition and spatial behavior theory. Environmental perception is a process which is to be stored, understanding, organization and re-construction to environmental stimuli; The formation of spatial cognition is composed of a series of mental transformation process, Individuals to take to obtain a password, store, recall and interpretation of the informantions come from the location and attributes of daily life of all phenomena in space; Spatial behavior means the use of space in order to regulate social interaction, It contains the privacy, the field of personal space.China’s social development to aging, elderly residential indoor environment is an urgent research. In this study, survey summarizes the elderly mental and physical characteristics. Sense of security is prominent, Loneliness, the independence of psychological depression and anxiety are common in the elderly mental state. The physiological mainly parts of the body function decline and disease resistance reduced.A research has been countain by investigating through a questionnaire for the elderly living indoor environmental requirements,some date has been obtained. Through the analysis of the data, Combined with the application of theory in environmental psychology, discussed the impact of environmental psychology elderly indoor environment design.In environmental perception, Visual stimulation, the physiological and psychological needs of older persons have an impact on the application of function of the indoor environment; Identification of the function space, the collective memory of the description and symbolism have an Impact on the expression of positive emotions through a cognitive map; Personal space and privacy, territorial elderly emotions have a major impact.Based on the impact of environmental psychology for Indoor environment designed for the elderly, This topic summed up design principles of the indoor environment of the elderly based on the environmental psychology:Security principle of applicability, moderate the principle of environmental stimuli, Non-strange environmental principles; positive psychological suggestion principles; the principle of good personal space.According to the relevant findings of this research, design the indoor environment of elderly living apartments in Chenzhou. Analysis of a project based on environmental psychology countermeasures in this process, And design principles developed by this project to the actual project. The design program has been the affirmation of the owners, More important is to verify the conclusions of this topic.
Keywords/Search Tags:Environmental psychology, indoor environment, elderly, interiordesign, impact
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