Abstract
We examined 1) relations between complexity-order and subjects' evaluation of visual environments, and 2) physical causes of complexity and order by different 3 stages of experiment. In 1st experiment, we employed semantic differential method using 30 color-slide pictures of residential environment in order to examine the 1st purpose. In 2nd experiment, we used 30 pieces of abstract pictures. In 3rd experiment we used 27 series of VTR pictures of abstract models of street environments. Both 2nd and 3rd experiments aimed to obtain the physical causes of complexity and order. As the result of these experiments we found; 1) An orderly and complex environment obtained higher evaluation in a residential environment; 2) The measurement of complexity and order is relative to the measurement of information theory.
