ŠAFÁROVÁ, Katarína, Martin PÍRKO, Vojtěch JUŘÍK, Tomáš PAVLICA and Ondřej NÉMETH. Differences between young architects' and non-architects' aesthetic evaluation of buildings. Frontiers of architectural research. 2019, vol. 8, No 2, p. 229-237. ISSN 2095-2635. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2019.04.001.
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Original name Differences between young architects' and non-architects' aesthetic evaluation of buildings
Authors ŠAFÁROVÁ, Katarína (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin PÍRKO (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vojtěch JUŘÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš PAVLICA (203 Czech Republic) and Ondřej NÉMETH (203 Czech Republic).
Edition Frontiers of architectural research, 2019, 2095-2635.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50103 Cognitive sciences
Country of publisher China
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/19:00110223
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2019.04.001
UT WoS 000475491600009
Keywords in English Aesthetic preferences; Building aesthetics; Environmental aesthetics; Environmental apperception; Professional opinion shift
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Abstract
Previous studies showed significant differences between expert architects and laypeople in aesthetic evaluations of buildings. However, studies exploring the aesthetic preferences of architecture students are lacking. The present study focused on a population of students and young architects to explore the aesthetic opinion shift within architectural careers. This study was intended to be a conceptual replication of the study of Brown and Gifford (2001) in a Central European context. A total of 109 participants (21–28 years old) evaluated 40 randomized pictures of houses to detect whether non-architecture undergraduates and fresh graduates of architecture would express different aesthetic preferences compared with their peers from the general population. The study also examined whether laypersons can predict the preferences of architects, and vice versa. Results show a trend that is contrary to the original research, that is, young architects and laypeople did not significantly differ in their aesthetic evaluations of the given stimuli. Analyses revealed high prediction ability in young architects and their non-architect peers. Moreover, the existing professional experience of young architects had no influence on the accuracy of their estimations. Findings suggest that the professional shift in architects’ expertise is obscured at an early career stage, as revealed in their aesthetic preferences.
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