The Interplay Between Gender and Controlled Environments: A Study on Stimulus Perception

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 865 - 876, 16.12.2023

Navid Khaleghımoghaddam

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1315873

Abstract

Understanding the interplay of gender and environmental perception is important in recognizing how architectural environments can either reinforce or challenge gendered norms and experiences. Literature reviews at a glance show differences between the environmental perception of women and men, which have significant implications for projects aimed at improving the quality of the environment. Thus, 240 architecture students were invited to participate in a photo exhibition of forty images of various architectural buildings and answer a survey questions regarding the content of photos in the current study. The purpose was to determine how students perceive the environment and to examine perceptual differences among them. Data obtained were collected based on inferential and comparative approaches and were analyzed with SPSS software using Pearson correlation tests and one-sample t-tests. Specifically, the results suggest that females pay more detailed attention to the environment’s components than males, while males focus more holistically on the environment content. The results typically indicate that individuals are sensitive to all aspects when confronted with the environment, so all of their senses are active in such a process, accordingly, this should be considered when designing the environment so that all of the user’s senses are stimulated in a desired manner.

Keywords

Environment, gender, perception, senses, stimulus

Thanks

I offer my endless gratitude to all voluntary participants who supported me in conducting the current study. I believe that without their participation, this study would be impossible. It is noteworthy that an Ethics Committee Approval was prepared for this study by the Ethics Committee of the Selcuk University of Konya dated 04.04.2023 and decision No: 04/01.

Cinsiyet ve Kontrollü Çevreler Arasındaki Etkileşim: Uyaran Algısı Üzerine Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Bulgular, kadın ve erkeklerin çevre algısı arasında farklılıklar olduğunu göstermektedir ve bu farklılıklar, çevre kalitesini iyileştirmeyi amaçlayan projeler için önemli sonuçlar doğurmaktadır. Bu nedenle, 240 mimarlık öğrencisi, çeşitli mimari yapıların kırk fotoğrafından oluşan bir fotoğraf sergisine katılmaya ve mevcut çalışmadaki fotoğraflarla ilgili soruları yanıtlamaya davet edildi. Amaç, öğrencilerin çevreyi nasıl algıladıklarını belirlemek ve aralarındaki algısal farklılıkları incelemektir. Sonuçlar, özellikle, kadınların çevrenin bileşenlerine erkeklerden daha ayrıntılı bir şekilde dikkat ettiklerini, erkeklerin ise çevrenin içeriğine daha bütünsel bir şekilde odaklandıklarını göstermektedir. Ayrıca, sonuçlar tipik olarak bireylerin çevreyle etkileşim kurduklarında tüm yönlere duyarlı olduklarını, dolayısıyla böyle bir süreçte tüm duyularının aktif olduğunu ve buna göre, kullanıcının tüm duyularının istenen şekilde uyarılması için çevre tasarlanırken bu durumun dikkate alınması gerektiğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

Çevre, cinsiyet, algı, duyular, uyaran

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