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Various efforts are being made to find scientific evidence on how the physical environment affects the human body and psychological state. This scientific level of research began in earnest at the end of the 20th century when it was revealed that the connection between the brain and the immune system was a crucial clue to maintaining health. Accordingly, the demand for evidence-based design based on the results of scientific experiments has recently increased. According to this background, this study derives, through VR-EEG analysis, the effect of windows and digital displays as spatial elements of small-scale single rooms judged to be poor environments such as Gosiwon, which is the poorest residential type in Korea, and the seclusion room of a psychiatric hospital. Its purpose is to adapt and present it as design criteria. In the case of Gosiwon, which is a representative example of poor living conditions in Korea, the Seoul Metropolitan Government recently regulated the minimum area of Gosiwon to be 7㎡, and the average area of seclusion rooms in psychiatric hospitals in Korea was found to be 7.4㎡. Therefore, in the VR of this study, a single room of 7㎡ is created, and an EEG analysis experiment is conducted by manipulating windows and digital displays. The VR-EEG experiment is conducted with 60 student subjects and statistical analysis is performed on EEG data. First, the healing properties of windows in space have already been scientifically proven, and its importance would be further doubled in small-scale rooms. The difference in EEG response according to the window size and installation height was analyzed. Second, recently, various images such as nature through digital displays have been proven to have healing effects, and the difference between the healing effects of digital displays and the healing effects of windows in a small room is identified and presented. Moreover, as the interest in and response to mental health of modern people under severe mental stress has become important, EEG analysis is performed by dividing mentally ill people, and the differences are analyzed to suggest implications.
References
Kim, S.-H., Lee, K.-H., & Choo, S.-Y. (2021). Analysis of EEG Relaxation-Arousal Reaction to the Window-To-Wall Ratio of Individual Rooms of A Postpartum Care Center Using EEG-VR. Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea, 37(3), 63–74. https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2021.37.3.63
Youm, S. H., Lee, J. Y., & Choi, Y. R. (2021). A Study on Stimulation of Ceiling Height and Duration of Stay using VR & EEG. Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea, 37(2), 35–42. https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2021.37.2.35
Shong, B. (2021). An EEG Experiment Research for Preparing Personal Shelter Design Criteria. Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea, 37(5), 13–20. https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2021.37.5.13
Kim, S.-H., & Choo, S.-Y. (2020). Analysis of Integrated Trends of EEG Experimental Research on Architecture·Space Design - Focusing on published journal articles -. Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea, 36(10), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2020.36.10.41
| Keywords | Evidence-based design, Virtual reality (VR), Electroencephalogram (EEG), Window, Digital display |
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