Title of article :
Semiotics of behavioral settings in educational spaces, emphasizing the social value of spaces Case study of Islamic Art faculty and architecture and Art faculty of Azad university of Tabriz
Author/Authors :
Beyraghi, S Department of Art & Architecture - Tabriz Branch - Islamic Azad University, Tabriz , Balilan Asl, L Department of Art & Architecture - Tabriz Branch - Islamic Azad University, Tabriz
Abstract :
Environment consists of a hierarchy of behavioral settings that create activity systems in conjunction with each other and it
will contribute to a better understanding of environment capabilities for people. Recognizing the reflective behaviors of the
students provides the possibility of optimized designing of university spaces in order to form the behavioral settings. The aim
of the present research is extracting the indicators of behavioral settings and comparative comparison of them in internal
frame and landscape of the universities. For this purpose, Azad University of Tabriz, based on the assumption of physical
desirability, due to the assignment of use to higher education and its modernization, and Islamic art Faculty with its historical
structure in urban texture and change of its function from residential to higher education has been evaluated in this study
.Survey method based on map reading is used by students and the questionnaires are collected and the results are analyzed
using SPSS software. The results of this study demonstrate preliminary evidence for the reliability and validity of the
behavioral settings in educational spaces. The investigated factor indicates the ten principles organized in effective peripheral
anatomy from the dimension of the spatial, semantic and social components in formation of behavioral settings. Islamic Art
Faculty with more student-defined behavioral domains and responding to behavioral setting variables has spatial desirability
for students while Islamic Azad University of Tabriz, along with the modern structure, is not responsive to behavioral
variables In the meantime, through discovering the problems for evaluation of the building, some strategies are suggested to
improve the present condition. Environmental variables that affect student outcomes can also be physical. Physical spaces on
campus, such as the presence of places to relax and socialize, affect student health.
Keywords :
Behavioral settings , Islamic Azad University of Tabriz , Islamic Art Faculty of Tabriz , Spatial semantic , Social components , Formation of behavioral settings
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics