Environmental Design Evaluation

ISBN-13: 9781475751567 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 225 str.

Arnold Friedmann; Craig Zimring; Ervin Zube

Opis

As the nature of the field of environment-behavior relations is interdis- ciplinary, the collaboration of three persons of diverse professional backgrounds in writing this book is therefore not surprising. This col- laboration started in 1972 with the offering of a graduate seminar "Envi- ronment, Behavior, and Design Evaluation" at the University of Massa- chusetts. Several research projects dealing with design evaluation which have been conducted at the University are also included as case studies in this book (Chapter III): the ELEMR study and the Visitor Center study. Two of the authors have worked as part of the instructional team in the seminar, and all of the authors have participated in varying degrees in the ELEMR Project. The authors' backgrounds in design, psychology, and landscape architecture suggest, by example, that professionals with diverse backgrounds but a common interest in environment-behavior problems can indeed learn to communicate and to collaborate. Since design evaluation is a new field and very little specific litera- ture on the subject exists to date, we hope this book fills a current need.

Spis treści

I Introduction: A Structure-Process Approach to Environmental Design Evaluation.- II Interior Spaces.- Changes in Employee Attitudes and Work Practices in an Office Landscape.- Butterfield Hall: Evaluation of a Renovated Dormitory at the University of Rhode Island.- Some Major Causes of Congestion in Subway Stations.- Cambridge Hospital Social Service Offices.- An Evaluation of the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.- III Buildings-as-Systems.- Effects of the Living Environment on the Mentally Retarded (ELEMR) Project.- Designing for Mentally Retarded People: A Social-Environmental Evaluation of New England Villages, Inc.- Charlesview Housing.- National Parks Visitor Centers.- IV Outdoor Spaces.- Evaluation of a Campus Space.- First National Bank Plaza.- Urban Park Evaluation.- Housing Site Evaluation.- Planned Unit Development Evaluation.- V Environmental Design Evaluation: Epilogue.- Selected Bibliography.