Beatrix Emo


Last Name

Emo

First Name

Beatrix

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0000-0002-1342-5935

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01859 - Lehre Geistes-, Sozial- und Staatswiss.

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  • Choice zones: architecturally relevant areas of interest
    Item type: Journal Article
    Emo, Beatrix (2018)
    Spatial Cognition & Computation
  • Seeing the Axial Line: Evidence from Wayfinding Experiments
    Item type: Journal Article
    Emo, Beatrix (2014)
    Behavioral Sciences
    Space-geometric measures are proposed to explain the location of fixations during wayfinding. Results from an eye tracking study based on real-world stimuli are analysed; the gaze bias shows that attention is paid to structural elements in the built environment. Three space-geometric measures are used to explain the data: sky area, floor area and longest line of sight. Together with the finding that participants choose the more connected street, a relationship is proposed between the individual cognitive processes that occur during wayfinding, relative street connectivity measured through space syntactic techniques and the spatial geometry of the environment. The paper adopts an egocentric approach to gain a greater understanding on how individuals process the axial map.
  • Does Space Matter? A Cross- Disciplinary Investigation upon Spatial Abilities and Spatial Knowledge of Architects
    Item type: Other Conference Item
    Gerber, Andri; Berkowitz Biran, Michal; Emo, Beatrix; et al. (2018)
    RCA 2018. Research Culture in Architecture x International Conference on Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
  • Die Nutzer*innen von Lernräumen verstehen
    Item type: Other Journal Item
    Emo, Beatrix; Hölscher, Christoph (2022)
    ARCH+ ~ Learning Spaces
  • Real-world wayfinding experiments
    Item type: Doctoral Thesis
    Emo, Beatrix (2014)
    This thesis investigates the role of spatial configuration on individual spatial decision-making. Over 100 participants take part in laboratory wayfinding experiments based on real-world images of street corners, using fixed and mobile eye trackers. Participants are asked to perform directed and undirected spatial tasks; stimulus-derived and task-related viewing patterns are accounted for. Responses to the spatial tasks are tested for task-related bias against responses in non-spatial tasks (recall, free viewing, and controlled search). The evidence reveals that, during wayfinding, participants choose the more connected street, measurable with space syntax variables of relative street connectivity. Four space syntax variables are used: integration and choice at global and local scales. The resulting measure allows decisions made by individuals to be related directly to the space syntax analysis of spatial morphology. The fixation data allows for an investigation of how wayfinding choices and gaze bias may be linked. Viewing behaviour during the spatial tasks reveals areas of particular interest at each path alternative; these correspond to structural information in the built environment. A measure for identifying the location of such areas is proposed: "choice zones'". Choice zones are computed algorithmically, and are based on space-geometric measures visible in the scene. Choice zones offer a greater scope than existing measures because they are based on information visible in the real world; it is therefore possible to compute choice zones for images of different reference classes (eg. those with varying horizon or sky lines). The resulting measure has important implications for optimal routing and urban design, identifying those areas of the visual field that contain the most relevant environmental information pertaining to wayfinding.
  • Towards defining perceived urban density
    Item type: Conference Paper
    Emo, Beatrix; Treyer, Lukas; Schmitt, Gerhard; et al. (2017)
    Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe: ShoCK! Sharing of Computable Knowledge!
  • Spatial Abilities for Architecture: Cross Sectional and Longitudinal Assessment With Novel and Existing Spatial Ability Tests
    Item type: Journal Article
    Berkowitz, Michal; Gerber, Andri; Thurn, Christian Maximilian; et al. (2021)
    Frontiers in Psychology
    This study examined individual differences in spatial abilities of architecture students. Students at different educational levels were assessed on spatial ability tests that varied in their domain-specificity to architecture, with the hypothesis that larger differences between beginner and advanced students will emerge on more domain-specific tests. We also investigated gender differences in test performance and controlled for general reasoning ability across analyses. In a cross sectional study, master students (N = 91) outperformed beginners (N = 502) on two novel tests involving perspective taking and object composition, as well as on a standardized visualization of cross-sections test, but not on a standardized mental rotations test. Longitudinally (N = 117), spatial performance improved after the first bachelor year on visualization of cross-sections, object composition and mental rotation. Although both genders showed higher spatial test performance with increased experience, male students outperformed females across tests and levels of education. The results overall confirmed improvements in spatial performance during architecture studies, with partial support for the domain-specificity hypothesis. A gender gap among advanced students calls for further examining architecture-specific spatial thinking.
  • Informelle Lernräume
    Item type: Journal Article
    Farquet, Grégoire; Emo, Beatrix (2022)
    ARCH+ ~ Learning Spaces
  • Editorial. Design, cognition & behaviour: usability in the built environment
    Item type: Other Journal Item
    Emo, Beatrix; Al-Sayed, Kinda; Varoudis, Tasos (2016)
    International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation
  • Wayfinding in unfamiliar environments: Report of a real-world study using eye-tracking
    Item type: Conference Poster
    Emo, Beatrix; Thrash, Tyler; Schinazi, Victor; et al. (2016)
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