Child-oriented Architecture from the Perspective of Environmental Psychology

Abstract

The present study is about child-oriented architecture from the perspective of environmental psychology. Due to the importance of the users of any architecural spaces and lack of attention of architects and being unfamiliar to psychological characteristics of specific users, such as children, it is needed to have propper perception of their understandings from spaces and their needs to architectural spaces specific tothem and children’s tendency to especial environmental graphic features such as: light, colour, and form should be studied and this research aimed at environmental psychologically-physically design in order to develop childeren emotionally and physically. The method used in this study was descriptive-analytical one and eventually by investigating childeren’s plays and drawings their perceptions from the environment were achieved and their favorite coloures and forms in terms of their age and sex were studied. At the end it was suggested in designing a place for children different factors such as creating various spaces based on the children’s ages to release their energy, applying light and coloures appropriate to childeren’s emotions in innere and outter decoration, considering architectural criteria and standards for childeren and etc, should be regarded.