RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPATIAL COMPOSITION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION IN THE LANDSCAPE OF ROOFTOP GARDENS
Hua Xu, Miki U. Kobayashi
Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)
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A study (2023, Japan) conducted a psychological-evaluation experiment in which participants viewed a 360-degree view of the landscape of rooftop gardens in the Shibuya commercial district of Tokyo, examining the relationship between spatial composition and psychological evaluation. Three axes were first identified from the psychological evaluations of the rooftop garden landscape. For inward-facing rooftop gardens, the comfort factor increased with larger floor area and more plants; for street-facing rooftop gardens, the comfort factor decreased when floor area was small and the view was dominated by buildings, roads, and fences with little vegetation.