Students’ Assesment of Environmental Conditions in University Buildings – The Research Report

K e y w o r d s : Architecture; Behavioural Mapping; Environment; Questionnaire-Based Research; University Buildings; Space Syntax Analysis. 4/2018 A R C H I T E C T U R E C I V I L E N G I N E E R I N G E N V I R O N M E N T 41 A R C H I T E C T U R E C I V I L E N G I N E E R I N G E N V I R O N M E N T The Si les ian Univers i ty of Technology No. 4/2018 d o i : 1 0 . 2 1 3 0 7 / A C E E 2 0 1 8 0 5 3 A . L a s i e w i c z S y c h ment. In order to fill this need – the research focused on the problem of participants’ engagement with places of the study. The study based on the theoretical model of engagement composed of three subtypes (affective/emotional; behavioural and cognitive) [2]. And thus, the method of research was designed to test different forms of students’ engagement with learning environment treated also as the indicators of the active perception. The research deals with affective descriptions and assessment of places, behavioural engagement (such as “hang-out” places) and recognized meaning (conceptualization) of the places.