This document discusses behavioral setting design and how to analyze behaviors in different environments. It explains that behavioral setting design identifies independent and stable behavior patterns, like areas for containment, food preparation, and hygiene in a prison. A behavioral setting survey examines who uses an area, what activities are done there, and how people and objects interact. Behavioral diagrams can illustrate behavior patterns, like movements in a restaurant. The document also discusses observing localized and specialized behaviors, organizing space and action through behavioral consideration of activity linkages, context, and density. The overall goal is to design spaces that support desired behaviors through provision of space, equipment, and reinforcement of intended functions and moods while allowing for communication and interaction.
This document discusses behavioral setting design and how to analyze behaviors in different environments. It explains that behavioral setting design identifies independent and stable behavior patterns, like areas for containment, food preparation, and hygiene in a prison. A behavioral setting survey examines who uses an area, what activities are done there, and how people and objects interact. Behavioral diagrams can illustrate behavior patterns, like movements in a restaurant. The document also discusses observing localized and specialized behaviors, organizing space and action through behavioral consideration of activity linkages, context, and density. The overall goal is to design spaces that support desired behaviors through provision of space, equipment, and reinforcement of intended functions and moods while allowing for communication and interaction.
SETTING Behavioral Setting Design Identifies behavior patterns that are independent and stable.
For example, a prison has areas designed to address certain
behaviors, such as containment, food preparation, hygiene, etc.
In landscape architecture design, common behaviors would include
parking, gathering areas, or filtration for runoff. The Behavior Setting Survey People Objects Who goes here and why? What type and how many behavior objects are used? Who has control over the setting? What are the possibilities for stimulation response, and adaptation? Size Characteristics How many person/hours are Action Patterns spent here? What activities happen here? What is the physical size of the How novel or repetitive are the setting? things that people do? How often and for how long does the setting occur? Behavioral Diagram
A behavioral pattern in a restaurant
Localized behavior Rather than concerning itself with flow, observation may be directed towards the total set if visible human behavior in a place to see how they interact with the spatial setting as a whole. Specialized Behavior To make observation more efficient, we may concentrate on certain items of behavior that are more likely illuminate the interaction with the environment. For example, we may watch and record only the only the visible and material interactions: pushing open doors, walking up steps, sitting on seats, digging, or climbing. Method of observation On the spot observation of behavior as it occurs in the real world Organizing space and action- BEHAVIOR Program Collaboration of the behavioral scientist and designer because it is based on behavioral knowledge.
Designer, client, and users should all be parties in preparing the
program. Factors that affect Behavioral Considerations Linkage of the activity and the setting (movements of people, goods, and wastes or communication of information)
Context (studying the pattern of the surrounding community by
looking beyond the boundaries of the site)
Density (intensity of activity occurring per unit area)
Land Use Diagram The plan begins with a diagram of the proposed location of activity and activity setting.
The term “land use” refers to a piece of ground and the economic use to which it was put.
It include broad classes of human activity.
Some General Objectives BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT Is there space and time to do what people want to do? Is the site equipped and managed for that purpose? Does the setting reinforce the mood and the structure of the action? COMMUNICATION Most plans are effective to the degree that goods, persons, and information can circulate easily within them. A high level of interaction on a local scale may mean less interplay on some larger scale.