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Interior Design Research: A Human Ecosystem Model
Author(s) -
Guerin Denise A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x9202000402
Subject(s) - interior design , adaptation (eye) , architectural engineering , ecosystem , energy consumption , computer science , consumption (sociology) , interior architecture , environmental resource management , environmental science , engineering , ecology , sociology , psychology , social science , neuroscience , biology , electrical engineering
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a human ecosystem integrative model for use as a research framework for interior design. The model is an adaptation of models developed by Morrison (1974), Doxiadis (1975), and Bubolz, Eicher, and Sontag (1979). The model is shown using two different examples, interior lighting and household energy consumption change, as the constructs of interest related to interior design. Discussion of application to interior design is included.