Analysis of the Effect of Biophilic Urban Space on the Level of Stress

Ghobadi, Parisa; Maleki, Aida; Keynezhad, Mohammad Ali; Movahedi, Yazdan; Shahbazi, Yaser

Analysis of the Effect of Biophilic Urban Space on the Level of Stress

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

P. Ghobadi

A. Maleki

M. A. Keynezhad

Y. Movahedi

Y. Shahbazi

Tabriz Islamic Art University

Abstract

Aims: How to design spaces in cities can have different effects on citizens. The objectives of this study can be to examine the impact of biophilic urban space on the stress of people.

Methods: The research method is quasi-experimental. The statistical population of the study consists of 20 bachelor and master students in the field of architecture and urban planning at Tabriz University of Islamic Arts in the academic year 1400. First, students' health was identified using a call announcement and a demographic questionnaire, and these individuals were quantified for stress with the help of a smart wristband while viewing images of biophilic and non-biophilic urban spaces with the help of virtual reality glasses.

Findings: Analysis of the results shows that the average change in stress of individuals while viewing non-biophilic images was approximately 5/2 units higher than biophilic ones in the second minute. p-Value is significant between individuals with education in biophilic state and rest in 1 minute and non-biophilic in 2 minutes. The difference between stress number in non-biophilic state and biophilic in 2 minutes is significant (p-value = 023/0) and shows the positive effect of biophilic approach on reducing stress that this efficiency can be considered in the design of future urban spaces.

Conclusion: Special attention of urban designers on the structure of spaces and the use of extraction measures from the biophilic model in different scales cause the design or organization of spaces that significantly reduce the stress of people living in cities

Keywords

Biophilic

stress

urban space

virtual reality

Subjects

City and Health

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