| Summary: | 碩士 === 中原大學 === 室內設計研究所 === 91 === Abstract
Physically disabled represent the greatest percentage of people among handicapped population. Because they heavily rely on assistance of wheelchairs, crutches, or other equipment for standing up and walking, they must interact with the environment surrounding them. Therefore, this group of people has a direct relation with living space most of time. However, mainstream spatial theories or living environment studies seldom consider their perceptual value, aesthetics, personal preference, and other aspects of their opinions. Thus, this study will focus on (1) the reasons constituted for handicap residents’ preferences for living space (2) Handicap residents’ preferences for living space (3) Handicap residents’ spatial needs other than the non-handicapped.
My investigation is with a balance of qualitative and quantitative data in order to make my study being accurate. To obtain the qualitative data, I used random survey method to gather information. People who participated in the survey filled out questionnaires provided to answer their personal opinion on spatial, physical, and psychological needs for living space. The survey results then were examined by SPSS software to find out physical handicaps’ needs for living space.
From the result of qualitative data, this study concludes handicaps’ idea of “living space” is control by nine factors. The order of these nine factors from the most important to the least are: self-realization, personalization, self-identity, esthetics, quality of life, barrier-free living environment, security, values, and self-identified territory. Here, self-realization is the most important factor for the handicaps’ on view of living space, follow by personalization and self-identity; the least important factor is self-identified territory.
Gathering quantitative data is the major focus for this study. The study establishes a questionnaire and random sampling rule for various interviewees. There are a total of twelve interviewees. Through each interview and interaction with the interviewee, the data gathered were divided into detail information of interview, and observation of the living space of each interviewee with mapping record. The finally analysis was made through careful examining study values and theory explanation.
The result of the qualitative data shows handicaps’ idea of living space was control by nine reasons. To list the reasons, from the most important to the lease, they are: self-identity, self-realization, barrier-free living environment, security, esthetics, self-territory, values, socialization, and quality of life. The study found that self-identity is the most important aspect of living space for the physical challengers, follow by the reasons of barrier-free living environment, self-realization. Quality of life is the least important reason for them to consider in term of living space.
View on Living space is the response or reaction when internal living physical environment versus human body and mind activities. Since each internal spatial structure and equip in different way, therefore living activities within will create different effect and impact. This study divides physical disables’ views on living space in three different dimensions; they are psychological, physical, and physiological needs.
Although handicaps’ views on living space could be divided into three parts with different characteristics and functions as described above, they are not isolated from each other but in fact interrelated with each other. Internal physical environment is the basic requirement for physiological and psychological needs. Handicaps’ interior psychological need is the requirement of physiological need. Moreover, Handicaps’ interior psychological need will enforce the effectiveness of their spatial physical adjustment and physiological need. In another word, handicaps’ interior space need combine their psychological, physical, and physiological needs. Being a professional interior designer must consider all these three factors in order to satisfy their needs for comfortable living space.
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