抄録
The visual effects of furniture contiguous to the wall are quantified as the purpose to create a comfortable atmosphere by applying the visual effects of furniture to interior design. Each of the 1/10 scale living room models and its slides that are different from the arrangement and quantity of furniture is judged in the same order on each bipolar semantic scale of the eighteen adjectives. 1) As the result of factor analisis, two dimensions "activity" and "evaluation" are extracted. 2) Using the quantitative analysis of Hayashi, dimension 1, "activity" is most greatly affected by the quantity of furniture, dimension 2, "evaluation", by the shape of room, the arrangement and height of furniture contiguous to the wall. 3) A wide room (20m^2), 2 to 6 percentage of the furniture to the room in size and low height (lower than eye's height to sit on sofa) of furniture are felt more comfortable. The arrangement of furniture and the shape of room have mutual effects upon the room-atomosphere.