Abstract
The purpose of this study is to grasp the relationship among eight semantic dimensions (e.g. Evaluation, Artificiality, Organization, Complexity, Density, Potency, Size, and Activity) underlying people's responses to the outdoor architectural space on campuses and to show the validity of the relationship. Each intercorrelation matrix of adjective scales from five experiments was analyzed by multidimensional algorithm KYST 2 A. Based on eight groups of adjectives provided by factor analysis, three circular structures are found in the three dimensional space of MDS. The first circular order is formed by adjectives of Evaluation, Artificiality, and Activity group, which are named as Affection. This seems to be in accordance with Russell's circumplex model of affective adjectives. The second one is formed by adjectives of Organization and Complexity group, named as Composition. The third one is formed by adjectives of Density, Potency, and Size, named as Density/Scale.
