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Koen Steemers - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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thermal comfort and psychological adaptation as a guide for designing Urban Spaces
Energy and Buildings, 2003Co-Authors: Marialena Nikolopoulou, Koen SteemersAbstract:Investigating thermal comfort conditions in outdoor Urban Spaces, has thrown some light on the complexity of the issues involved, demonstrating that a quantitative approach is insufficient in describing comfort conditions outdoors. It revealed that although microclimatic parameters strongly influence thermal sensation, they cannot fully account for the wide variation between objective and subjective comfort evaluation, whereas, psychological adaptation seems to becoming increasingly important. This paper concentrates on the issue of psychological adaptation: naturalness, expectations, experience (short-/long-term), time of exposure, perceived control and environmental stimulation, and presents an attempt to try and evaluate the relative impact of each of these parameters. Understanding the interrelationship between the different parameters of psychological adaptation would be of interest in order to compare their relative significance, and to assess their design role, that is whether design considerations would influence these parameters, or vice versa, whether they could influence design decisions. An awareness of these issues would be valuable to architects, planners and Urban designers, not by the way of limiting possible solutions, rather by enriching the design possibilities.
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thermal comfort in outdoor Urban Spaces understanding the human parameter
Solar Energy, 2001Co-Authors: Marialena Nikolopoulou, Nick Baker, Koen SteemersAbstract:The research being undertaken seeks to achieve a better understanding of the richness of microclimatic characteristics in outdoor Urban Spaces, and the comfort implications for the people using them. The underlying hypothesis is that these conditions influence people’s behaviour and usage of outdoor Spaces. The initial results demonstrate that a purely physiological approach is inadequate in characterising comfort conditions outdoors, and an understanding of the dynamic human parameter is necessary in designing Spaces for public use. The thermal environment is indeed of prime importance influencing people’s use of these Spaces, but psychological adaptation (available choice, environmental stimulation, thermal history, memory effect, expectations) is also of great importance in such Spaces that present few constraints.
Marialena Nikolopoulou - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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thermal comfort and psychological adaptation as a guide for designing Urban Spaces
Energy and Buildings, 2003Co-Authors: Marialena Nikolopoulou, Koen SteemersAbstract:Investigating thermal comfort conditions in outdoor Urban Spaces, has thrown some light on the complexity of the issues involved, demonstrating that a quantitative approach is insufficient in describing comfort conditions outdoors. It revealed that although microclimatic parameters strongly influence thermal sensation, they cannot fully account for the wide variation between objective and subjective comfort evaluation, whereas, psychological adaptation seems to becoming increasingly important. This paper concentrates on the issue of psychological adaptation: naturalness, expectations, experience (short-/long-term), time of exposure, perceived control and environmental stimulation, and presents an attempt to try and evaluate the relative impact of each of these parameters. Understanding the interrelationship between the different parameters of psychological adaptation would be of interest in order to compare their relative significance, and to assess their design role, that is whether design considerations would influence these parameters, or vice versa, whether they could influence design decisions. An awareness of these issues would be valuable to architects, planners and Urban designers, not by the way of limiting possible solutions, rather by enriching the design possibilities.
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thermal comfort in outdoor Urban Spaces understanding the human parameter
Solar Energy, 2001Co-Authors: Marialena Nikolopoulou, Nick Baker, Koen SteemersAbstract:The research being undertaken seeks to achieve a better understanding of the richness of microclimatic characteristics in outdoor Urban Spaces, and the comfort implications for the people using them. The underlying hypothesis is that these conditions influence people’s behaviour and usage of outdoor Spaces. The initial results demonstrate that a purely physiological approach is inadequate in characterising comfort conditions outdoors, and an understanding of the dynamic human parameter is necessary in designing Spaces for public use. The thermal environment is indeed of prime importance influencing people’s use of these Spaces, but psychological adaptation (available choice, environmental stimulation, thermal history, memory effect, expectations) is also of great importance in such Spaces that present few constraints.
Steve Kardinal Jusuf - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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thermal comfort in outdoor Urban Spaces in singapore
Building and Environment, 2013Co-Authors: Wei Yang, Nyuk Hien Wong, Steve Kardinal JusufAbstract:Abstract A thermal comfort study has been carried out in outdoor Urban Spaces in Singapore. The field study was carried out from August 2010 to May 2011. There were 2059 respondents from 13 different outdoor Spaces participated in this study and 2036 effective questionnaire responses were collected. Thermal comfort perceptions and preferences were analyzed in this study. The neutral operative temperature occurred at 28.7 °C and preferred temperature was found to be 26.5 °C. Thermal acceptability analysis shows the acceptable operative temperature range was 26.3–31.7 °C in outdoor Urban Spaces in Singapore. Correlation analysis indicates that sun sensation/solar radiation has the most significant influence on human thermal sensation in outdoor Spaces. This study also explores the impact of thermal adaptation on human thermal sensation in outdoor Spaces, which could be useful for future researchers. Comparative analysis shows that people may expect a higher temperature in outdoor conditions than in semi-outdoor or indoor conditions in Singapore, suggesting that people in outdoor conditions could be more tolerant with the heat stress than people in indoor conditions in tropical climate.
Reza Kheyroddin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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comparative evaluation of relationship between psychological adaptations in order to reach thermal comfort and sense of place in Urban Spaces
urban climate, 2019Co-Authors: Elham Zabetian, Reza KheyroddinAbstract:Abstract Most studies on thermal comfort in Urban public Spaces have been focused on physical factors, while thermal adaptation is one of the most important factors in the perception of comfort. Therefore, expanding the concept of perception and its difference with feeling is one of the key goals of the present research. The hypothesis of the present study is that: “There is a direct relationship between thermal adaptation in order to reach thermal comfort and different levels of a sense of place in Urban Spaces.” The experimental model of this study has been extracted after conceptualization of basics and experiences, and explained by Delphi method and then, a questionnaire corresponding to each component of the model was developed by surveying in two Urban Spaces in Tehran (Imam Hussain (AS) Square and Imam Khomeini Square) and filled out by 200 citizens presenting in the two mentioned places in cold season and then analyzed. The research hypothesis was confirmed using statistical tests, including T test, correlation and Beta tests and finally, some strategies have been provided to improve the thermal adaptation and sense of place and to increase the mentioned correlation.
Hannu Kukka - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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creator centric study of digital art exhibitions on interactive public displays
Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, 2017Co-Authors: Hannu Kukka, Johanna Ylipulli, Timo Ojala, Jorge Goncalves, Matias Kukka, Mirja SyrjalaAbstract:We present a mixed-methods study aimed at assessing artists' experiences of a digital art exhibition service, called StreetGallery, on a network of interactive displays situated in public Urban locations. We ground our analysis using survey responses and in-depth interviews of artists who have exhibited their art in StreetGallery over the years. Findings from these studies indicate that the artists highly value StreetGallery's open and egalitarian access to art, and its contribution towards fusing novel digital technologies and art in public Urban Spaces. We conclude that platforms such as StreetGallery have the potential to challenge traditional paradigms of art gallery practices and public Urban Spaces as a stage for consumption and commerce.
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municipal wifi and interactive displays appropriation of new technologies in public Urban Spaces
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2014Co-Authors: Johanna Ylipulli, Tiina Suopajarvi, Timo Ojala, Vassilis Kostakos, Hannu KukkaAbstract:This study focuses on the appropriation process of two public computing infrastructures in the City of Oulu, Finland, a municipal WiFi network and large interactive displays. We analyze the adoption of these technologies in public Urban places with a conceptual technology appropriation model involving three layers of factors contributing to the adoption or rejection of a technology. Quantitative data shows that while the use of the WiFi network has grown steadily, the use of the displays has been declining. Qualitative data obtained with ethnographic methods reveals that the adoption of the displays is hampered by their questionable utility and people's apprehension about interacting with the displays in a public social setting. Finally, we identify issues that designers should take into account when deploying these technologies in Urban Spaces in the future.
