ANALYSIS OF THE COINCIDENCE OF WAY-FINDING METHOD AND SPATIAL INFORMATION : A cognitive study on way-finding in architectural space No. 2

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the coincidence of way-finding method and spatial information from the protocol data concerned with sighting and thinking of subjects who make way-finding as a first-time visit from an entrance to a room (goal) in two architectural facilities. It became clear that subjects change their way-finding method, which is consisted of several units of "way-finding", to coincide with spatial information. If the coincidence of way-finding method and spatial information is not good, way-finding fails, and in some cases, "missing information", "mis-recognition" or "back-track" occurs.