The Impacts of Sustainable Residential Interior Space on Inhabitant’s Emotions

Focusing on inhabitant’s climate comfort causes the neglect of personal and aesthetic factors that have effects on emotions and psychological comfort. Blindly adhering to sustainable design principles regardless of the basic architectural design parameters cause similar interior spaces in today’s housing of Iran. Interior space form is one the main design factors that has some effects on inhabitant’s emotions. It is a correlation research to study inhabitant’s emotions towards sustainable interior space by focusing on interior form. It illustrates that form can consider as an influential factor in creating and improving sustainable conditions according to inhabitant’s emotions.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Sustainable interior design; emotion; shape; PA

Cultural Pathology of Double Glazed Windows in terms of Environmental Connectivity Culture in Iran

One of the main sustainable products for reducing fuel consumption is a double-glazed window. Despite the positive impacts of these windows in Iran, maybe usage of them has negative effects on environmental connectivity.  Environmental connectivity is important in Iranian’s culture in different aspects of privacy and nature relatedness that has influenced the architecture of Windows. The aim of this research is to study the cultural pathology of double glazed windows in today's housing of Iran by analyzing Spearman correlation coefficient. Also, we suggest patterns from traditional windows to improve the environmental connectivity culture by focusing on sustainable designing.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: double glazed windows, environmental connectivity Culture, Sustainability, Iranian traditional window

Not all Blue-Spaces are Created Equal: Variables affecting restorative outcome of indoor blue-spaces-A scoping review

The Blue-space theory suggests using water in architecture for restoration and stress reduction. Long-term stress increases the risk of mental health problems of anxiety and depression. However, not all blue spaces have the same restorative effects. This study aims to investigate the characteristic variables of restorative blue spaces through a scoping review. Papers indexed in Scopus, WoS, and Google Scholar were sought. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews were used as a review methodology. Results showed 12 variables affecting the blue space’s restorative outcome. Direct variables; size, type, colour, clarity, texture, and indirect variables; proportion, function, illumination, and geometry. Keywords: Blue space; Mental health; Emotions; Healing spaces eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i20.226

Walking through Architectural Spaces: The Impact of Interior Forms on Human Brain Dynamics

Neuroarchitecture uses neuroscientific tools to better understand architectural design and its impact on human perception and subjective experience. The form or shape of the built environment is fundamental to architectural design, but not many studies have shown the impact of different forms on the inhabitants’ emotions. This study investigated the neurophysiological correlates of different interior forms on the perceivers’ affective state and the accompanying brain activity. To understand the impact of naturalistic three-dimensional (3D) architectural forms, it is essential to perceive forms from different perspectives. We computed clusters of form features extracted from pictures of residential interiors and constructed exemplary 3D room models based on and representing different formal clusters. To investigate human brain activity during 3D perception of architectural spaces, we used a mobile brain/body imaging (MoBI) approach recording the electroencephalogram (EEG) of participants while they naturally walk through different interior forms in virtual reality (VR). The results revealed a strong impact of curvature geometries on activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Theta band activity in ACC correlated with specific feature types (rs (14) = 0.525, p = 0.037) and geometry (rs (14) = −0.579, p = 0.019), providing evidence for a role of this structure in processing architectural features beyond their emotional impact. The posterior cingulate cortex and the occipital lobe were involved in the perception of different room perspectives during the stroll through the rooms. This study sheds new light on the use of mobile EEG and VR in architectural studies and provides the opportunity to study human brain dynamics in participants that actively explore and realistically experience architectural spaces

Comparing Cardiac Complications of Bilateral Nasal Packing versus Bilateral packing with Airway after Septoplasty; a Randomized Clinical Trial

peer reviewedIntroduction: Anterior nasal packing is a common method in nasal surgery. One of the complications that is debated today is about cardiovascular effects due to using nasal packing. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate some cardiac parameters in different groups to identify the safest way and use it in treatment to minimize cardiovascular complications. Method: In this clinical trial, 104 candidates for septoplasty were initially screened and 14 patients were excluded and 90 patients selected by block randomization. Blood pressure, heart rate and cardiac rhythm were monitored by different assessor for three time before surgery, then a classic septoplasty was done for all patients and after it patients were randomly divided into three groups: 1.without nasal packing2.with nasal packing.3.with nasal packing that had airway. Then, 24 hours after surgery, blood pressure and heart rate were monitored by 24-hour Holter. The monitoring results were interpreted by a cardiologist and the data were analyzed .Significance criterion of data was assumed as p-value ≤0.05. Results : Mean diastolic blood pressure after surgery in group 1-3was: 73.4±7.3 mmHg, 76.4±5.8 mmHg, 80.9±6 mmHg respectively and this criterion was lower in patients without nasal packing and showed a significant difference with patients that had nasal packing with airway (p=0.03). Mean heart rate after surgery in group 1-3was 71.8±11.3, 77.7±7.9, 79.1±6.7 respectively and the first group showed a significant difference with group(3) (p=0.043). Conclusion: This research showed that the use of anterior nasal packing with and without airway leads to cardiovascular changes such as increased diastolic blood pressure and heart rate. More studies should be cond ucted to create certain conclusion, so it is better that the use of nasal packing be considered on the balance of its risk and benefit

Enhancement of CO2/CH4 Adsorptive Selectivity by Functionalized Faujasite Zeolite

In this work, we have modified a synthesized Y-type zeolite (Si/Al = 2.5), with three different amines to investigate of the influence of adsorbent’s surface modification on CO2 selectivity over CH4. The pristine and amine-functionalized NaY zeolites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), and N2 adsorption. The results showed that the structure of zeolite was preserved after amine modification. The adsorption capacity of CO2 and CH4 on these adsorbents was measured by the volumetric method at 298 K and 348 K. In comparison to CH4, CO2 was preferentially adsorbed on these adsorbents. the results demonstrated that incorporation of amines into zeolites structure improved significantly the selectivity towards carbon dioxide so that the optimal selectivity of CO2 over CH4 reached to 4.04 on zeolite modified with 2-methylaminoethanol at 348 K. Chemical interaction between adsorbate and sorbents as well as the steric effects were assessed to be the main reasons of high selective adsorption of carbon dioxide on amine-functionalized zeolites. Two of the most common adsorption models, the Langmuir and Sips isotherms, were used to correlate the experimental data of CO2 adsorption on the adsorbents The results revealed that the amine-functionalized NaY zeolites could be a good sorbent for use in flue and natural gas separation processes

Application of AI methods in the clustering of architecture interior forms

Form or shape is one of the main aspects of architecture design. A gap exists in scientific studies on categorizing different architecture interior forms according to design. This paper presents a methodology for categorizing interior forms of built places. The main innovation of this study was to evaluate the architecture interior forms of real built places as a base for any analysis on form. We proposed a clustering method by selecting 343 images of living rooms from residential places according to their history and interior design style. We labeled all the images in AutoCAD software depending on form features. The labeling results showed that images had 1104 distinct form features, including sloped, vertical and horizontal linear solids, and edges. Regarding the high dimension of data, we used Graphical Clustering Toolkit software for clustering, which involved the use of correlation coefficients and internal similarity among clusters. The clustering analysis grouped all the images into 25 clusters with the highest internal and the lowest external similarities. The descriptive features of each cluster could show its formal characteristics

The Impacts of Sustainable Residential Interior Space on Inhabitant’s Emotions

Focusing on inhabitant’s climate comfort causes the neglect of personal and aesthetic factors that have effects on emotions and psychological comfort. Blindly adhering to sustainable design principles regardless of the basic architectural design parameters cause similar interior spaces in today’s housing of Iran. Interior space form is one the main design factors that has some effects on inhabitant’s emotions. It is a correlation research to study inhabitant’s emotions towards sustainable interior space by focusing on interior form. It illustrates that form can consider as an influential factor in creating and improving sustainable conditions according to inhabitant’s emotions. © 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Keywords: Sustainable interior design; emotion; shape; PA

Cultural Pathology of Double Glazed Windows in terms of Environmental Connectivity Culture in Iran

One of the main sustainable products for reducing fuel consumption is a double-glazed window. Despite the positive impacts of these windows in Iran, maybe usage of them has negative effects on environmental connectivity. Environmental connectivity is important in Iranian’s culture in different aspects of privacy and nature relatedness that has influenced the architecture of Windows. The aim of this research is to study the cultural pathology of double glazed windows in today's housing of Iran by analyzing Spearman correlation coefficient. Also, we suggest patterns from traditional windows to improve the environmental connectivity culture by focusing on sustainable designing