| Title |
The Influence of Corridor Spatial Elements on Route Choice in Underground Streets |
| Authors |
장소정(Zhang, Shaoqing) ; 박수빈(Park, Soobeen) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2021.37.4.143 |
| Keywords |
Underground Street; Wayfinding; Route Choice; Virtual Roaming |
| Abstract |
Wayfinding concerns spatial experience and personal safety. Although studies suggest that corridor spatial configuration promotes wayfinding
behavior, a lack of empirical evidence and detailed discussion in practice prevails, especially in underground streets where people often
encounter wayfinding issues. To verify whether corridor configuration attributes, namely, width, length, height, or radian, encourage people’s
turn-taking during exit-finding in practice, we simulated a series of exit-finding tasks in virtual streets combined with four different
T-intersections. This study finds that exit-finders prefer going the upward pathway via stairs followed by the corridors with broader widths or
curved corners; with the short ones showing no visible affinity; besides, exit-finders seem to have an inherent right turn preference when
facing a two directional-path. As a theoretical contribution to wayfinding issues, this study offers some empirical evidence for the effect of
corridor configurations on pathfinders’ turn-taking. Deviating from researches conducted in image-choices, e.g., the floor plans, virtual
environment screenshots, or panoramic photos, this study applies virtual roaming technology combined with UE4 to obtain relevant
experimental data, and provides some ideas for future research. |