Seeing the axial line: Evidence from wayfinding experiments

Beatrix Emo; Ruth Conroy Dalton

Seeing the axial line: Evidence from wayfinding experiments

Beatrix Emo, Ruth Conroy Dalton

Architecture and Built Environment Department

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Abstract

Space-geometric measures are proposed to explain the location of fixations during wayfinding. Results from an eye tracking study based on real world stimuli are expanded to include findings based on the location of fixations. The gaze bias shows that attention is paid specifically to structural elements in the built environment. Three space-geometric measures are proposed: sky area, floor area and longest line of sight. Together with the finding that participants choose the more connected street, a relationship is proposed between the individual cognitive processes that occur during wayfinding and relative street connectivity measured through space syntactic techniques.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of Ninth International Space Syntax Symposium
Editors	Young Ook Kim, Hoon Tae Park, Kyung Wook Seo
Publisher	Sejong University Press
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9788986177213
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2013
Event	9th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2013 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 31 Oct 2013 → 3 Nov 2013

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Conference	9th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2013
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	31/10/13 → 3/11/13

Keywords

Eye tracking
Space syntax
Spatial configuration
Spatial geometry
Wayfinding

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