ARI 338
Designing for Human Behavior

Instructor: Dr. Nancy Kwallek
Time and Place: M, W, F 11:00 a.m. ­ 12:00 noon, Sutton 2.102
Unique Number: 00345
Office Hours: 12:00 ­ 1:00 pm T, TH (Plus, additional office hours may be arranged)
Office Room: WMB 4.120
Office Phone, Voice Mail: 471-6249
E-Mail: n.kwallek@mail.utexas.edu

I. CATALOG DESCRIPTION: (3 cr.) Designing for Human Behavior. Issues of mood, privacy, perception, proxemics, and preferences applied to the design of interiors. Three seminar/discussion/lecture hours per week.

II. PREREQUISITES: Restricted enrollment; contact the department for permission to register for this course.

III. COURSE OBJECTIVES: The student will be able to:

… Research on designing interiors for human interactions within built environments.
… Apply environmental and behavioral research in homes, workplaces, and other commercial spaces.
… Advise how to design interiors for human interactions within built environments.
… Conduct basic research into the mysteries of person-environment relations.
… Evaluate new and renovated facilities.

IV. METHODS OF PRESENTATION: Seminar, discussion, presentations, and design projects based on readings and observation and course content. Illustrative material, visual aids such as slides, films, and illustrations; field trips, guest speakers when appropriate.

V. TEXT, REFERENCES, AUXILIARY MATERIALS: As a minimum, students are expected to spend about two hours of outside preparation for every hour in class. Required readings are outside preparations for this course and should be completed before class for the day they are assigned.

REQUIRED SOURCES:

Rybczynski, Witold, Home--A Short History of an Idea, Penguin Books, New York, 1987, ISBN 0 14 01.02310, pp. 256.($12) (Paperback).

Hall, Edward. T. The Hidden Dimension. Anchor, Reissue 1990, Anchor; ISBN: 0385084765, pp. 217. (paperback) ($10)

Interior Space: Design Concepts for Personal Needs, by Stuart Miller and Judith K. Schlitt, Praeger, 1985, ISBN: 0275928241,(Paperback, $20), (Hardcover $58; ISBN: 0275901467), pp. 179.

House As a Mirror of Self : Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home, by Clare Cooper Marcus and James Yandell, Conari Publishers, ISBN: 1573240761, 1997, pp. 352 (Paperback, $14).

Course Packet(s) To Purchase at Texas Union when Instructor Announces, Nancy Kwallek, 2002.

RECOMMENDED SOURCES:

Sommer, Robert, Personal Space : The Behavioral Basis of Design, ASIN: 0136575773 (Out of Print , Used $5.00)

With Man in Mind; An Interdisciplinary Prospectus for Environmental Design, by Constance Perin, (Out of Print, Used Amazon.com $8). ASIN: 0262160420.

The Power of Place: How Our Surroundings Shape Our Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions, by Winifred Gallagher, 1994, (Paperback $11).

OPTIONAL SOURCES:

Malnar, Joy Monice and Frank Vodvarka, The Interior Dimension--A Theoretical Approach to Enclosed Space, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1992, ISBN 0471289027, pp. 384 (Hardcover $85--prefer paperback).

Psychology for Architects, by David V. Canter, Applied Science Pubs; ISBN: 085334115X, 1981, (Hardcover, $58).

Women and the Environment (Human Behavior and Environment, Vol 13), by Irwin Altman and Arza Churchman (Editor), Plenum Pub Corp; ISBN: 0306446804, 1994, (Hardcover $72).

Meaning of the Built Environment: A Non-Verbal Communication Approach, by Amos Rapoport, University of Arizona Press, ISBN: 0816511764, Reprinted 1990, (Paperback $20).

Public Places and Private Spaces, by Albert Mehrabian, ASIN: 0465067700, (Out of Print, Used Amazon.com $8).

VI. CLASS AND ATTENDANCE POLICIES: Class attendance is required and will be monitored. An attendance sign-up sheet will be circulated each day for attendance. Your success in this class comes from attendance. Woody Allen said, "Being there is 98% of success."

VII. EXAMINATIONS: Grades will be based on two examinations or projects (each worth 20% of the final grade), two short papers (20%), in-class quizzes (10%), and a final examination or project (30%).

VIII. COURSE TOPICS

The Nature and Scope of Environmental Design

Environmental Perception and Cognition

Environmental Attitudes, Appraisals, and Assessments

Personality and Environment

Personal Space & Proxemics

Territoriality

Crowding

Privacy

Residential Environmental Design

Urban Environmental Design

Educational Environmental Design

Workplace Environmental Design

Natural Environmental Design

Designing More Habitable Environments