Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design (대한건축학회논문집:계획계)

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An Analysis of the Visual Attention on the Urban Landscape with Pilotis Space using Eye Tracking in terms of the Conception of 'Space and Infinity'

'공간과 무한성' 개념의 측면에서 도시경관에 대한 시각적 분석 - 필로티 공간의 유무에 따른 아이트래킹 기법 실험분석을 바탕으로 -

  • Received : 2017.10.25
  • Accepted : 2018.06.02
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Gordon Cullen, who tried to understand urban landscapes in terms of visual attention, introduced a concept called 'Space and Infinity' in his book 'Townscape'. According to him, urban images like infinity spreading across the sky are more effectively created when we happen to see an open space while walking along a ground-level street than when we look at the sky. This study aims to quantitatively examine if urban observers pay more attention to spaces like pilotis on the bottom of a building. Thus, this study collected observers on actual urban landscape images and partially-edited images and conducted an experiment by adopting Eye-movement Tracking to find out if they actually pay more visual attention to a space like pilotis. This study selected a total of 50 people as research subjects and divided them into two groups. Image 1 was shown to one group, and Image 2 with the pilotis space edited was shown to the other group. As an experiment to find objective evidences on Gordon Cullen's 'Space and Infinity', this study analyzed difference between Image 1 and Image 2, and it was found that the domain of pilotis showed a value five times higher than the average visual attention since it attracted much visual attention although it was very small in area. That is, it has objectively clarified that people get most fascinated with a place with infinite images in the background like a pilotis space out of all the urban landscapes as Gordon Cullen's theory. In addition, the differences in visual concentration of pilotis space by sex, by subject was examined, and there was no significant difference in visual concentration of pilotis space by gender. As a result of examining the difference of visual concentration by classifying the subjects into architectural related major, the major group showed higher frequency of viewing than the non - major group.

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Supported by : 창원대학교

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