Measuring the spatial and social characteristics of the architectural plans of aged care facilities  

作　　者：Ju Hyun Lee Michael J. Ostwaid Hyunsoo Lee 

机构地区：[1]School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia [2]Department of Interior Architecture and Built Environment, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea

出　　处：《Frontiers of Architectural Research》2017年第4期431-441,共11页建筑学研究前沿（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper presents a method that combines visibility graph and isovist analyses to investigate the spatia[ and social properties of architectural plans for aged care facilities. The potential of the combined method is examined by measuring the properties of three sets of plans for residential aged care facilities. The first set is a pair of hypothetical, idealized plans, which allegedly reflect the ＂best practice＂ in the industry. The second set comprises a pair of plans for recent Australian designs, and the third set is a pair of plans for South Korean facilities. Results of the computational anatysis of these six plans suggest that social and cultural factors may shape the design of aged care settings and partially explain their international differences. The application of this methodological approach contributes to the understanding of the relation- ship between spaces and their cultural and social properties in the design of aged care facitities.This paper presents a method that combines visibility graph and isovist analyses to investigate the spatia[ and social properties of architectural plans for aged care facilities. The potential of the combined method is examined by measuring the properties of three sets of plans for residential aged care facilities. The first set is a pair of hypothetical, idealized plans, which allegedly reflect the ＂best practice＂ in the industry. The second set comprises a pair of plans for recent Australian designs, and the third set is a pair of plans for South Korean facilities. Results of the computational anatysis of these six plans suggest that social and cultural factors may shape the design of aged care settings and partially explain their international differences. The application of this methodological approach contributes to the understanding of the relation- ship between spaces and their cultural and social properties in the design of aged care facitities.

关 键 词：Visibitity graph anaty-sis （VGA） Space Syntax Aged care facility Isovist property Sociocutturalcharacteristics 

分 类 号：TU0[建筑科学]