ABSTRACT

From this, though, we know some important things. We know that some spaces seem to work well for a particular setting whereas others do not, and we know that people can often judge the likely success of spaces by looking at them, even though they may find it hard to describe a successful space without referring to one already built. We therefore now need to find out two more things. First, what are the aspects of a space that people commonly use to judge its overall quality

~ in other words, what are the dimensions along which people assess spaces? Secondly, for the particular setting in mind, how do they rate spaces they judge as successful along these dimensions?