The Apartment with the Best Floor Plan Layout: Architects versus Non-architects

Title:

The Apartment with the Best Floor Plan Layout: Architects versus Non-architects

Creator:

Boumová, Irena and Zdráhalová, Jana

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:20da203d-a0cc-43b2-aa8e-87fd3cfec99b
uuid:20da203d-a0cc-43b2-aa8e-87fd3cfec99b

Subject:

Apartment, Floor plan layout, Housing design, Preferences, Architects, and Non-architects

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

This study examined differences in the floor-plan preferences of architects and laypersons with no architectural education or experience (non-architects). Qualitative data on floor-plan preferences were collected using interviews and an online survey. The floor plans used in the online survey were differentiated primarily by spatial arrangements and included the original layout of a socialist prefab apartment and two contemporary redesigns of the space. The results showed significant differences in the floor-plan preferences of architects and non-architects. Topological properties of layout and a required level of privacy were identified as key factors influencing the between-group differences. Architects and non-architects disagreed in particular over how the public and private zones were defined and arranged in the apartment layouts. From the perspective of architectural practice, understanding non-architects’ preferences can decrease the uncertainty in new product development for an unknown end user and increase residential satisfaction.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Source:

Critical Housing Analysis | 2016 Volume:3 | Number:1

Harvested from:

CDK

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