Subjective experience of architectural objects: A cross-cultural study
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to compare Serbian and Japanese participants in their
subjective experience of Serbian and Japanese architectural objects. Subjective experience
was operationalized through the ratings on the bipolar scales (e.g. pleasant-unpleasant).
In the Preliminary study 1, a set of twelve rating scales was generated. In the Preliminary
study 2 twelve Serbian and twelve Japanese architectural objects were specified. In the
main experiment two groups of participants, twenty-one Serbian and twenty Japanese, rated
twelve Serbian and twelve Japanese objects. A factor analysis extracted three dimensions of
subjective experience: Beauty, Firmness and Fullness. Analysis of variance have shown that
both Serbian and Japanese participants agreed that Japanese architectural objects looked more
beautiful and firmer than Serbian objects. These finding is generally in line with perceptualist
hypothesis that stimulus constraints are more effective than culture. Howe...ver, interactions
revealed some cultural differences that are consistent with culturalist hypothesis: compared
to Serbian participants, Japanese participants rated Japanese architectural objects as more
beautiful, whereas, compared to Japanese, Serbian participants rated Serbian objects as less
fragile and emptier than Japanese objects. Generaly, our study have shown that Serbian
(Western) and Japanese (Eastern) participants show general similarity in their subjective
experience of architectural objects
Keywords:
subjective experience / cross-cultural / architecture / Serbia / JapanSource:
Katalog 39. Salona arhitekture, "U realnosti", 2017, 117-117Publisher:
- Beograd: Muzej primenjene umetnosti
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- Učešće na 39. Salonu arhitekture „U realnosti”, 29. mart – 30. april 2017. Muzej primenjene umetnosti, Beograd, u kategoriji: arhitektonska kritika.
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RAUmPlanMarković, S., Stevanović, V., Simonović Alfirević, S.,& Stevanov, J.. (2017). Subjective experience of architectural objects: A cross-cultural study. in Katalog 39. Salona arhitekture, "U realnosti" Beograd: Muzej primenjene umetnosti., 117-117. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_754
Marković S, Stevanović V, Simonović Alfirević S, Stevanov J. Subjective experience of architectural objects: A cross-cultural study. in Katalog 39. Salona arhitekture, "U realnosti". 2017;:117-117. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_754 .
Marković, Slobodan, Stevanović, Vladimir, Simonović Alfirević, Sanja, Stevanov, Jasmina, "Subjective experience of architectural objects: A cross-cultural study" in Katalog 39. Salona arhitekture, "U realnosti" (2017):117-117, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_754 .