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Research SubjectsPlaces Gardens
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Experiencing Japanese Gardens: Sensory Information and
Behavior
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Handbook of Japan-United States Environment-Behavior Research: Toward
a Transactional Approach, Wapner, S. et al Eds., Plenum Press, New York
and London, Chap.12, Pp.163-182, 1997@
Ryuzo OHNO, Tomohiro HATA, Miki Kondo
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OBJECTIVE:To examine the hypotheses that behavior changes at certain places in a
Japanese garden, and the sensory information at those points are
responsible for these changes.
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a circuit-style Japanese garden at Kobe, 21 subjects were asked to move
around freely along the circuit path one by one. Each subject's movement, viewing direction and walking pace were
recorded at every 50 centimeter (one pedestrian step). In order to
analyze each subject's behavior the sensory input at a particular
visual field was measured by a computer program. This measurement was
taken at every step. By analyzing the measurements it was found that :
-one's
viewing direction was first used to acquire enough information for a
safe movement.
-then ambient information chose the frame of visual field
and
-if
one detects something within the visual field focal vision operates to
pick up detailed information from it.
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Measurement of the Multi-Sensory Information for Describing Sequential Experience in the Environment:
An Application to the Japanese Circuit-Style Garden
The Urban Experience: Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the International
Association for People-Environment Studies, E & FN SPON, pp. 425-437,
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Ryuzo Ohno, Miki Kondo @ |
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@OBJECTIVE: to reveal the hidden order or rhythm of spatial arrangements
in Japanese garden by measuring multi-sensory information from the environment
with the help of a computer.
Computer programs were developed and applied to the
environmental data of three famous circuit-style gardens in order to
measure the following three aspects of sensory information: (1) ambient
visual information; (2) focal visual information; and (3) non-visual
information such as tactile and kinesthetic information. The profile of
each aspect was obtained by assessing the measurements taken at every
50cm (one step of a pedestrian) along the garden path. Thus,
changes in the profiles of sensory information were identified to
examine the sequential experience as people moved through the garden.
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