• Dewaang Bhambri
• Lokenath Saha

All architectural spaces address a user, who reacts according to the architectural product, towards built spaces and their environment. The environment is modified through the designing process and the environment triggers our emotions hence it is a bidirectional relationship. The impact of spaces is significant on the users feeling and behavior. Multiple factors impact our emotional response towards space. In the aspiration to design the built environment, architects are continuously trying to create spaces that adhere to the users positively. Architects are designing functional spaces that are user-oriented but don’t consider the user's emotion. Emotion is a qualitative parameter and it varies from user to user to the different set up of spaces. In spite of these differences, the process of emotion being evoked is universal. With the increasing demand for habitable spaces, users need multi-functional spaces that bridge the psychological perception of the user to space. The inclusivity of spaces and emotional response of users have been sparsely researched before. This research bridges the psychological perception of the user to space. The research measures the qualitative parameter of the emotion of users to different spaces. Various parameters of emotions to space are quantified with the help of expertise score weightage matrix method. Different sets of space modules are created, and the user response is recorded considering the identified parameters of research. There are various tangible and intangible parameters of a space that triggers emotions of a user; thus, every user response is different in the same setup space as per their psychological perception. Hence, this research will propose a different set of user responses to different set up of spaces. The inclusivity of spaces and emotional response of users have been sparsely researched before. The scope of the research is limited to institutional spaces- Open and closed spaces. This research bridges the psychological perception of the user to space. With the help of this research, architects can design multi-functional spaces measuring the emotional response of the users. This will indeed evolve a newer perspective of space in architecture.

Space; emotion; user; emotional response; functional space; psychological perception

"Measure User Emotions in Relation to Spaces", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.784-800, December 2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREC06093.pdf

"Measure User Emotions in Relation to Spaces", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp784-800, December 2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREC06093.pdf