Characteristics of spatial evaluations from a horizontal posture in mockups of Japanese Experiment Module of ISS : Basic study on scale planning of interior spaces in space architecture

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  • ISS日本実験棟モックアップにおける伏臥位での空間把握特性 : 宇宙建築の居室規模計画に関する基礎研究
  • lSS日本実験棟モックアップにおける伏臥位での空間把握特性 : 宇宙建築の居室規模計画に関する基礎研究
  • lSS ニホン ジッケントウ モックアップ ニ オケル フクガイ デ ノ クウカン ハアク トクセイ : ウチュウ ケンチク ノ キョシツ キボ ケイカク ニ カンスル キソ ケンキュウ

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This paper analyzes the results of experiments in which subjects in a horizontal posture and a standing posture reported on their spatial evaluations of the two mockup rooms, the laboratory room and the storage room of the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" of the International Space Station. The results are as follows. 1) For the evaluation of the volume of the laboratory room when it is based on the storage room, when subjects were in the horizontal position, the variance of their evaluations was larger than when they were in the standing position. 2) For the impression evaluation, in the laboratory room, subjects tended to evaluate it as being "oppressive" yet "comfortable" slightly more often than when they were in the standing position. In the storage room, subjects tended to evaluate the space as being "spacious," and "not oppressive" slightly more often than when they were in the standing position. 3) For the image evaluation, many subjects tended to offer the following images of the laboratory room in the horizontal posture: a space shared by multiple persons, a space where one can explore new movements that are unfeasible on the ground by adopting free postures, and a space to float in and to use in its entirety. On the other hand, most subjects evaluated the storage room from a horizontal position as a space not to float in but to use two-dimensionally, and few subjects offered the images of using the space three-dimensionally.

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  • MERA Journal

    MERA Journal 15 (1), 21-30, 2012-07-30

    Man-Environment Research Association

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