Study on the Space Composition of a Town as an Educational Environment and Child Spatial Cognition
This paper describes a study of urban housing projects from the point of view of developing an appropriate environment for children. The study took place in Makuhari Bay Town, a mid-rise apartment and condominium area with extensive educational facilities. The study used sketched maps to determine the relationships between the children living in Makuhari Bay Town and the environment. Two investigations, one in 1999, followed by another in 2003, were conducted during the development of this area.The research employed the sketched maps drawn from the childs memories about house, school, usual playing area and other notable places. The area underwent many physical changes in the years between the two investigations. These changes were reflected in the number of dements that the children drew on their maps. The changes in the sketched maps were compared and analyzed, and,the environmental changes and their relationship to the childs spatial cognition were considered. The range domains described on the maps were also analyzed and compared. The results show that the childrens objective understanding is enhanced at an earlier stage by the spatial structure of Makuhari Bay Town and by environmental changes, both of which consist of grid pstterns. The experience, everyday life, and spatial cognition of an elementary school or a playground have a close relationship to a childs living environment. The analyses reveal the childrens spatial cognition of their living environment in a developmental urban housing area with extensive educational institutions.
child sketch map space cognition cognitive domain
大内節子 山田悟史 大内宏友
Graduate School of Industrial Technology,Nihon University,Japan Dept. of Architecture,College of Industrial Technology,Nihon University,Japan
国际会议
The 3rd International Symposium on Temporal Design(第三届时间性设计国际研讨会)
广州
英文
205-208
2007-11-02（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）