Jurnal Sosioteknologi
Vol. 19 No. 3 (2020)

IDENTIFYING INTERIOR SPATIAL DIMENSIONS ACCORDING TO USER PREFERENCE: AN ASSOCIATIVE CONCEPT NETWORK ANALYSIS

Deny Willy Junaidy (Human and Interior Space Research Group, Faculty of Art and Design, ITB)
Georgi V. Georgiev (Center for Ubiquitous Computing, University of Oulu, Finland)
Jake Kaner (School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.)
Eljihadi Alfin (Human and Interior Space Research Group, Faculty of Art and Design, ITB)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2020

Abstract

This study proposed a fundamental technique for evaluating the preferences of interior space users by capturing their verbally expressed preferences and then determining word associations. To accomplish this, the Pajek visualization software for large network analysis was employed in conjunction with the USF Word Association dictionary to visualize the structures and network depths of the derived associative meanings. The generated associative words were then qualitatively categorized into taxonomic word groups to reveal 13 dimensions of perceived interior-environmental quality, as follows: House-related, Territorial, Impression, Activity, Active Element of Nature, Nature, Building Materials, Companion, Household Basics, Color, Location, Composition, and Time Period. A factor analysis was then conducted to sort the generated associative words according to Out- Degree Centrality/ODC score. These were validated into five factors that appeared to influence the comfort levels of interior space users. These five factors and 13 dimensions are useful as objective bases for determining the composition of adjectival pairs through the Semantic Differential (SD) method, which helps designers and architects evaluate interior space preferences.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sostek

Publisher

Subject

Engineering Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Sosioteknologi is a journal that focuses on articles that discuss results of an intersection of research fields of science, technology, arts, and humanities as well as the implications of science, technology, and arts on society. It is published three times a year in April, August, and ...