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Psychology and Perception of Patterns in Architecture
Abstract
Pattern perception is often regarded as highly subjective, dependent on individual taste and preference. Neurologically, however, it has been proven that distinct areas of the brain are stimulated differently by different pattern design and colour combinations. Here Patricia A Rodemann probes into the very real physical and psychological consequences of product design finishes and surface patterning. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
... Walking across geometric patterns affect balance, leading to the illusion to perceive an undulating surface, as it was resulted by a study on vomiting effects of a carpet with ticking stripe pattern of kid's, in a treatment lobby of a children's hospital. Curved walls are preferred solutions for supporting people with autism, since it has been proven that moving in linear corridors increase their anxiety [37]. geometric shapes, distinctive building markers, and multiple repetitive features. ...
... That is why a pattern is more concerned with the problem itself rather than solution [78]. It has been argued that patterns are closely related to design as an expression of identity [79]. Furthermore, rather than capturing the dynamic and stable structures of repetitive solutions in a particular context [80], patterns are likely to initiate a balance between various design forces [81]. ...
Various conceptions of pattern from biology, computer science, and mathematics to environmental design, psychology, and sociology give rise to the multiplicity of definitions, descriptions, applications, scales, and common features of spatial patterns in urban environments. Considering the complex relations between spatiality and sociality in place theory, the study tends to explore a growing body of knowledge in conceptions of urban crime and pattern. Placing the investigations of urban crime in relation to sociality and spatiality, the paper advocates for departuring from spatiality that is the common ground between urban crime and pattern conceptions. Hence, dismissing both deterministic and free-will approaches to environmental design and addressing the urban crime as a complex city problem, the study argues that adopting a kind of spatial knowledge and possibilistic approach is critical for both understanding and transforming the city in order to investigate the issue of urban crime in relation to spatial patterns.
The purpose of this study was to understand the autonomic nervous system responses to different patterns and colors vision. The autonomic nervous system analysis method and ECG were employed to continuously record heart rate variability and analyze the autonomic nervous responses to stimulation from single patterns and different colors. In this study, a total of 32 subjects, including students and working professionals, were randomly selected for testing of their responses to stimulation of the autonomic nervous system in a focus group setting. This study used a single self-rotating pattern as the sample for the experiment (Leviant, 1981), and used the three primary colors at 180° for contrast color matching, namely, blue/red, yellow/blue, and green/magenta. The experimental task was divided into the assessment of pattern cognitive physical responses and the assessment of color matching psychological responses. In addition, this study conducted statistical analysis on two ECG waveform information physiological indicators, fixation time and heart rate variability, when the brain was stimulated, to show the psychological indicators for pattern and color cognition. There were a number of research findings. First, the subjective assessment response for pattern cognitive physiology and the overall color matching psychology had a significant positive correlation, and the psychological cognitive effects of a single pattern in different colors on physiological responses were more significant. Second, the heart rate information indicated in the assessment of pattern cognitive physiology was significantly and positively correlated to the heart rate information reflected in the assessment of color matching psychology. Third, the response to the potential inconsistent factors of the autonomic nervous system triggered by the assessment of the pattern cognitive information was significant. The research issues regarding the assessment of pattern cognitive physiology and color matching cognitive psychology may adopt color matching psychology that is more clearly defined to supplement pattern cognitive physiology.
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