Hierarchical Analysis of Indicators Affecting the User in Educational Environments Designed Based on Biophilic Patterns

Assarzadegan, M.; Khodabakhshian, M.

doi:10.22061/tej.2024.10212.2963

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

M. Assarzadegan ¹
M. Khodabakhshian ²

¹ MA. In Architecture, Department of Architecture, Isfahan(Khorasgan)Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

² Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Isfahan (Khorasgan)Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22061/tej.2024.10212.2963

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Human life and nature are tightly connected as an innate element. Nature is the manifestation of emotions, passion and beauty. For this reason, man always tries to be with it. This type of companionship and coexistence with nature can be well seen in architecture. Biophilic architecture is one of the new approaches in today's architecture, which follows the design of buildings using elements of nature. Biophilic design is actually an attempt to eliminate the gap between today's architecture and the need of humans to communicate with the natural world and is an innovative approach, which is based on the importance of restoring and maintaining the beneficial experience and use of nature in the built environment. The present research analyzed the hierarchical structure of indicators affecting the user in educational environments designed based on biophilic patterns.
Methods: The current research is a descriptive-analytical application, and through a library, it studied the use of 14 biophilic patterns in 8 case examples of nature-related educational environments in a hot and humid climate, which provides the greatest possibility of using nature due to the existing conditions. The four indicators of physiological, psychological, cognitive and socio-spiritual were prioritized based on the opinion of experts and the numbers of ten visual patterns out of 14 biophilic patterns were categorized in these four indicators and then based on the patterns used in each educational environment. Its impact on the user was prioritized in four areas. To select the final indicators for evaluating and prioritizing the studied educational environments, a questionnaire was designed with a Likert scale and was identified and collected using the snowball method. For weighting and prioritizing indicators, pairwise comparisons were used in the form of a 9-hour questionnaire. In this research, in order to meet the qualitative criteria, the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was used.
Findings: The findings showed that the priority of the indicators in the educational environment is physiological, psychological, cognitive and socio-spiritual respectively, and the most impact on the user, according to the patterns used from the four indicators in the physiological, psychological and cognitive "educational environment of Green and "Barn Klong" had the greatest effect on the user. Examining the patterns used in these samples showed that the educational environment of Kensington generally observed the most biophilic indicators and criteria, and the observation of these indicators in the educational environment of Waterengnia was the lowest.
Conclusion: Paying attention to the effect of each of the biophilic patterns on one or more indicators of the four indicators, with the aim of using these patterns in the educational environment, the effect of one of the physiological, psychological, cognitive and social spiritual indicators can be made more visible on the user. The use of target biophilic patterns based on the four indicators improves educational performance in various fields and makes people interested in the educational environment and increases academic progress.

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Main Subjects

Technology-based learning environments

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