Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to construct and validate a model centered on architectural emotion, to explore the role of emotion in architectural design, and to provide theoretical support for emotion-oriented design. This study collected 614 terms related to architectural emotion, screened 30 core terms, constructed a two-dimensional architectural emotion model, and verified the scientific and practicality of the model through three measurement methods. First, the one-dimensional scale analysis identified two dimensions of pleasure and charm, which portrayed the range of word variation; second, the Principal Component Analysis confirmed the periodic ordering pattern of words, which revealed its systematic relationship; and, lastly, the Multidimensional Scaling Analysis demonstrated the distribution of emotion words based on cognitive similarity in the multidimensional space. Based on this model, this paper proposes a three-layer circular model of “architectural emotion-architectural cognition-architectural elements”, which constructs the correspondence between architectural emotion and design elements, as well as how architectural cognition and architectural elements can synergize to create a spatial experience that triggers specific emotions. The model provides theoretical support for emotion-oriented architectural design and evaluation, and helps designers to better understand the relationship between emotion and space so as to create more valuable architectural works.
Keywords
two-dimensional architectural emotion model; three-layered circular model; Principal Component Analysis (PCA); Multidimensional Scaling Analysis (MDS); Unidimensional Scaling Analysis (UDS)
Reference
Liu, Y., Li, X., Fang, L., Zhang, J., & Whang, M. (2024). The Development of the Two-Dimensional Model of Emotion Based on Both Architectural Emotion Words and Design Elements in China. Buildings, 14(12), 4000. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14124000
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to construct and validate a model centered on architectural emotion, to explore the role of emotion in architectural design, and to provide theoretical support for emotion-oriented design. This study collected 614 terms related to architectural emotion, screened 30 core terms, constructed a two-dimensional architectural emotion model, and verified the scientific and practicality of the model through three measurement methods. First, the one-dimensional scale analysis identified two dimensions of pleasure and charm, which portrayed the range of word variation; second, the Principal Component Analysis confirmed the periodic ordering pattern of words, which revealed its systematic relationship; and, lastly, the Multidimensional Scaling Analysis demonstrated the distribution of emotion words based on cognitive similarity in the multidimensional space. Based on this model, this paper proposes a three-layer circular model of “architectural emotion-architectural cognition-architectural elements”, which constructs the correspondence between architectural emotion and design elements, as well as how architectural cognition and architectural elements can synergize to create a spatial experience that triggers specific emotions. The model provides theoretical support for emotion-oriented architectural design and evaluation, and helps designers to better understand the relationship between emotion and space so as to create more valuable architectural works.
Keywords
two-dimensional architectural emotion model; three-layered circular model; Principal Component Analysis (PCA); Multidimensional Scaling Analysis (MDS); Unidimensional Scaling Analysis (UDS)
Reference
Liu, Y., Li, X., Fang, L., Zhang, J., & Whang, M. (2024). The Development of the Two-Dimensional Model of Emotion Based on Both Architectural Emotion Words and Design Elements in China. Buildings, 14(12), 4000. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14124000