People inherently assess landscapes by creating spontaneous aesthetic liking judgments based on the surrounding stimuli.To understand these judgements objectively,use may be made of the fluency theory of aesthetic ple...People inherently assess landscapes by creating spontaneous aesthetic liking judgments based on the surrounding stimuli.To understand these judgements objectively,use may be made of the fluency theory of aesthetic pleasure(the psychological processes through which people experience beauty).This study aims to predict people’s visual aesthetic preferences based on fluency theory and to correlate these preferences with landscape types and features.An ordinary least squares(OLS)regression model was developed to predict visual aesthetic liking,using image statistics as explanatory variables.We determined types of landscape using Landscape Character Assessment(LCA)and applied viewshed analyses distinguishing between near,medium,and far zones.We identified landscape features by content analysis making use of machine learning-based image recognition supplied by Google Cloud Vision API.The results show that vegetation and geological forms were the most significant features for people’s visual aesthetic liking,followed by waterscapes and built structures/human settlements.The viewshed analyses indicated that‘medium-altitude,low-gradient artificial areas’were visible in photographs with high aesthetic visual liking in all zones(i.e.,at all distances).When the photographs showing this type of landscape are examined,the artificial areas in the photographs turn out to consist mostly of historical buildings or remains.This finding suggests that historical sites are not just important for their cultural value,but for their visual aesthetic value as well.展开更多
The present research studies the relationship between place attachment and the perception of form’s visual quality in fifteen outstanding contemporary Iranian architectural cultural buildings.This study puts forward ...The present research studies the relationship between place attachment and the perception of form’s visual quality in fifteen outstanding contemporary Iranian architectural cultural buildings.This study puts forward the hypothesis that there is a correlation between the quality of building form and the sense of place attachment,in the sense that creating high visual quality through enhancing the quality of building form increases citizens’initial satisfaction with and subsequent attachment to the building.High visual quality influences people’s experience of the environment and improves the quality of life.Place attachment highlights how people,on a personal level,recreate a sense of place for themselves.The present study adopts the descriptive-analytical method as its theoretical framework and the survey as the empirical methodology.Questionnaires were developed using the Likert scale and distributed among experts and ordinary citizens.Data analysis using SPSS and the adoption of descriptive-analytical statistics,correlation analysis,and regression showed the relationship among the characteristics of indicators.The results show a positive correlation between form and place attachment mediated through visual quality,and they are causal conditions for one another.In addition,only some of the buildings under study evoke the same level of place attachment.展开更多
The Daming Temple,built during 457–464 C.E.,is one of the developing ancient temple heritage spaces located in Yangzhou city,P.R.China.Over the past 60 years,variation in visitors’spatial perception along the tour r...The Daming Temple,built during 457–464 C.E.,is one of the developing ancient temple heritage spaces located in Yangzhou city,P.R.China.Over the past 60 years,variation in visitors’spatial perception along the tour routes in the temple has occurred.This research attempts to reveal the changes in visitors’visual perception along the spatial sequences at 3 different times(i.e.,1962,1973 and 2022).A quantitative GIS-based method,which includes analysing the distribution of visitors’spatial preferences and spatial configuration,is proposed.Digital landscape tools and quantitative estimation methods are used,including mapping within Rhinoceros software,the kernel density estimation(KDE)method within ArcGIS software and spatial syntax analysis within DepthMap software.Extracted geodata from 500 photographs of the heritage space taken by volunteer visitors are analysed within the GIS environment.Values of the mean depth(MD)at both levels of visibility and accessibility are calculated within the visibility graph analysis(VGA)model.Comparisons between the visual preferences of the visitors and the spatial configuration along the spatial sequence are conducted.The results indicate that the spatial sequence has a significant impact on visitors’visual preferences and tour routes.The phenomenon of spatial sequence among dynamic temporal variations and the effects of narrative spaces along the spatial sequence are highlighted and explained,which reveal the relationship between visitors’geospatial preference and the spatial configuration of the temple.Some suggestions are put forwards for further studies on the revitalisation and management of East Asian ancient temple heritage spaces.展开更多
文摘People inherently assess landscapes by creating spontaneous aesthetic liking judgments based on the surrounding stimuli.To understand these judgements objectively,use may be made of the fluency theory of aesthetic pleasure(the psychological processes through which people experience beauty).This study aims to predict people’s visual aesthetic preferences based on fluency theory and to correlate these preferences with landscape types and features.An ordinary least squares(OLS)regression model was developed to predict visual aesthetic liking,using image statistics as explanatory variables.We determined types of landscape using Landscape Character Assessment(LCA)and applied viewshed analyses distinguishing between near,medium,and far zones.We identified landscape features by content analysis making use of machine learning-based image recognition supplied by Google Cloud Vision API.The results show that vegetation and geological forms were the most significant features for people’s visual aesthetic liking,followed by waterscapes and built structures/human settlements.The viewshed analyses indicated that‘medium-altitude,low-gradient artificial areas’were visible in photographs with high aesthetic visual liking in all zones(i.e.,at all distances).When the photographs showing this type of landscape are examined,the artificial areas in the photographs turn out to consist mostly of historical buildings or remains.This finding suggests that historical sites are not just important for their cultural value,but for their visual aesthetic value as well.
文摘The present research studies the relationship between place attachment and the perception of form’s visual quality in fifteen outstanding contemporary Iranian architectural cultural buildings.This study puts forward the hypothesis that there is a correlation between the quality of building form and the sense of place attachment,in the sense that creating high visual quality through enhancing the quality of building form increases citizens’initial satisfaction with and subsequent attachment to the building.High visual quality influences people’s experience of the environment and improves the quality of life.Place attachment highlights how people,on a personal level,recreate a sense of place for themselves.The present study adopts the descriptive-analytical method as its theoretical framework and the survey as the empirical methodology.Questionnaires were developed using the Likert scale and distributed among experts and ordinary citizens.Data analysis using SPSS and the adoption of descriptive-analytical statistics,correlation analysis,and regression showed the relationship among the characteristics of indicators.The results show a positive correlation between form and place attachment mediated through visual quality,and they are causal conditions for one another.In addition,only some of the buildings under study evoke the same level of place attachment.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(project#52278083)the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Planning Fund(project#18YJAZH103).
文摘The Daming Temple,built during 457–464 C.E.,is one of the developing ancient temple heritage spaces located in Yangzhou city,P.R.China.Over the past 60 years,variation in visitors’spatial perception along the tour routes in the temple has occurred.This research attempts to reveal the changes in visitors’visual perception along the spatial sequences at 3 different times(i.e.,1962,1973 and 2022).A quantitative GIS-based method,which includes analysing the distribution of visitors’spatial preferences and spatial configuration,is proposed.Digital landscape tools and quantitative estimation methods are used,including mapping within Rhinoceros software,the kernel density estimation(KDE)method within ArcGIS software and spatial syntax analysis within DepthMap software.Extracted geodata from 500 photographs of the heritage space taken by volunteer visitors are analysed within the GIS environment.Values of the mean depth(MD)at both levels of visibility and accessibility are calculated within the visibility graph analysis(VGA)model.Comparisons between the visual preferences of the visitors and the spatial configuration along the spatial sequence are conducted.The results indicate that the spatial sequence has a significant impact on visitors’visual preferences and tour routes.The phenomenon of spatial sequence among dynamic temporal variations and the effects of narrative spaces along the spatial sequence are highlighted and explained,which reveal the relationship between visitors’geospatial preference and the spatial configuration of the temple.Some suggestions are put forwards for further studies on the revitalisation and management of East Asian ancient temple heritage spaces.
