The Psychological Effects of Dormitory Architecture and Layout on Resid

The Psychological set up of foyer Architecture and Layout on Residents For many students, part of the experience of going away to college is life history in university housing. With so many young people living in such facilities, it is certainly worth investigating how they affect their denizens from a psychological perspective. It is established that ones environment is a major determinant in ones emotional and mental state. This paper will focus on architectural elements, such as floorspace, room layout, and occupancy levels of University compliance halls, and how said project elements enhance or impede human interaction and mortal moods. In addition to a general overview of the principles of environmental psychology and how they are routinely ignored by Florida State University in their entrance hall architecture, several residence halls will be considered and detailed separately. Of primary importance in dormitory design is the issue of privacy. In Designing Pla ces for People, author C.M. Deasy states Privacy is as important to dorm residents as it is to anyone else, but it is usually much harder to obtain. Dormitory or barracks living implies being surrounded by people. Being only when or sharing private time with someone else is normally non considered to be an option. If privacy is needed, it must be sought somewhere else. In this regard dormitories fail to provide for an important human need. (58) Unfortunately, few go are being taken to improve upon this. It often falls to individual residents to develop a system by which they can each get under ones skin the necessary privacy. Even with the creation by those living in a residence unit of a system by which each individual can achieve privacy, it is hardly assure... ...it would not prevent all instances of unfitting room or suitemates, it would weed out obvious mismatches, and probably digest the overall satisfaction levels of residents considerably. In the future, when constructing dorms, Florida State should most definitely accustom the suite configuration. It provides additional privacy in the form of semi-private bathrooms, and promotes socialization. As utter above, though, all residents of a suite must be able to wear one another, so careful screening in room identification is critical. If any new dorms are constructed they should have at minimum cxxv square feet. More, between 150 and 200 would be preferable. All of the education in this paper is only useful so long as someone uses it. It is the sincere hope of the author that the research and conclusions be order to good use by students and faculty alike.