A Taste of Spatial Character: Quality outdoor space in campus landscape leisure setting

Authors

  • Norizan Mt Akhir Landscape Architecture Department, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Seri Iskandar Campus, Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia
  • Siti Rasidah Md Sakip Landscape Architecture Department, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Seri Iskandar Campus, Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia
  • Mohamed Yusoff Abbas Architecture Department, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 42300 Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Noriah Othman Landscape Architecture Department, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 42300 Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v2i6.987

Keywords:

Spatial character, landscape setting, outdoor campus space, quality of life

Abstract

The landscape is important in spatial development for campus space. Fundamentally, planting composition generates a character of the outdoor space. It could offer an enormous influence on visual quality, student performance and quality of life. This paper investigated the preferences and usage of outdoor campus space provided by universities during students’ leisure time. The data were collected through structured interviews at Research Universities in Malaysia. The results showed a relationship between preferences for landscape setting and utilisation index. Hence, this study suggested, the planting design is substantial to generate the space character which stimulates the use of outdoor campus space.   

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Published

2017-11-06

How to Cite

Mt Akhir, N., Md Sakip, S. R., Abbas, M. Y., & Othman, N. (2017). A Taste of Spatial Character: Quality outdoor space in campus landscape leisure setting. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 2(6), 65–70. https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v2i6.987

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