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http://dx.doi.org/10.9715/KILA.2015.43.6.062

Cafeteria Users' Preference for an Indoor Green-wall in a University Dining Hall  

Kim, Hae-Ryung (Korea Environment Institute)
Ahn, Tong-Mahn (Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Rural System Engineering, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture / v.43, no.6, 2015 , pp. 62-72 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this research is to investigate the different aspects in which users positively identify with indoor green walls and the influences that it has on usage behaviors. Under the hypothesis that public space users prefer locations with green walls, the effect on their behavior was observed. After installing indoor green walls, behavioral observations and questionnaires were carried out to analyze green wall preferences. The observation experiment was carried out for a total of 8 days in order to see what influences the preferences for of indoor green walls had on usage behaviors and compare a control group with an experimental group that experienced a green wall. The usage time data were put into an SPSS statistics program and used to run an independent sample t-test. The questionnaire was carried out for two days from March 1st to 2nd 2014 after the observation was completed, and was done by 224 users of the two areas. The results from the experiment are as follows. First, comparisons between the total usage time of seats adjoined to partitions in both the green walled area and the partitioned area showed that there was no preference for indoor green walls. Second, the results appeared to show a higher percentage of women users in the green walled area, compared to the original partitioned area. Third, it showed that partitions and plants did not have any influence on seat choices. Fourth, the questionnaire showed preferences for indoor green walls. Out of the 94 people who sat in the partitioned area, 11.7% answered that they wanted to sit in the green walled area, they couldn't due to the lack of available seats. Furthermore, out of the 130 people who sat in the green walled area, 24.6% said they chose the seat because of their preference for the green wall. Although 64.3% of users of the two areas said that they would choose the green walled area if under the same circumstances, the behavior observation did not reflect this.
Keywords
Segmental Detachable Green Wall; Usage Behavior; Non-participant Behavior Observation; Survey; Eating and Drinking Space; Preference Analysis;
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