Abstract
This paper reports on the influence of townscape elements on the estimation of townscape by means of the montaged slides. Methodology Subjects : These consisted of 38 students, 18 (males) undergoing training in architectural design and 20 (females) with no formal design training. Stimulus Material : 10 montaged slides. A photographic retouching technique was used on the photograph of the present state townscape to simulate the removal or the addition of the townscape elements such as top of buildings (skyline), trees, arcade, windows, surface of road, landmark, billboards, utility poles and overhead wires. Procedure : Using 45 pairs of montaged slides from 10 ones, the subjects were required to judge which member of each pair they considered to possess most of the quality indicated (3 categories ; unity, intimacy and preference). Analyses of the data : Dual Scaling was employed. Results and Discussions Every montaged townscape except one was judged to have a higher degree of unity than that of the present state townscape. It was suggested that the higher a degree of unity became, the higher a degree of intimacy and preference became, but if too high became a degree of unity, then lower down became a degree intimacy and preference. and besides, the correlations among 3 categories, and others were discussed.
