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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Architectural Psychology

Background:

  • Linguistic studies indicate a preference for Tour Perspective in oral spatial descriptions.
  • Tour Perspective involves an imaginary tour, contrasting with the Map Perspective's overhead view.
  • Architects' formal knowledge of maps and plans may influence their spatial descriptions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if architects' formal knowledge overrides the Tour Perspective.
  • To determine if the Tour Perspective is linked to actual spatial experience.
  • To explore how architects describe experienced versus ideal spaces.

Main Methods:

  • A pilot experiment involving 22 graduate architecture students.
  • Participants described their own apartment layout (experienced space).
  • Participants described an ideal apartment layout (hypothetical space).

Main Results:

  • Most participants used the Tour Perspective when describing their own apartments.
  • A majority employed the Map Perspective when describing an ideal apartment.
  • Architects' formal training did not eliminate the Tour Perspective for experienced spaces.

Conclusions:

  • Actual experience of space is a strong determinant of the Tour Perspective.
  • Formal architectural knowledge does not override the Tour Perspective for familiar spaces.
  • The Tour Perspective is associated with the embodied experience of navigating a space.