This study aims to clarify how impressive scenes during vertical travel by stairs are experienced. We quantified the impressions and studied the relations with spatial composition of the stairs. Experiment participants were asked to take photographs of scenes that attracted attention while traveling along stairs and filled a questionnaire on their impressions. The photographed scenes were classified in 21 types by an impressiveness-measuring scale, differences of impression by direction, type and number of elements indicated to contribute to the experience. Effects of spatial composition on experiences were examined by analyzing relations between sequence of scenes and evaluations of attractiveness. Results showed that both impressions of individual scenes and the sequential composition of them were important in forming attractiveness.
