RT journal article
T1 Purpose Adequacy as a Basis for Sustainable Building Design: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Higher Education Classrooms
A1 López Chao, Vicente
A1 López Pena, Vicente
A2 Ingeniería Mecánica y Diseño Industrial
K1 architecture
K1 building evaluation
K1 functional adequacy
K1 human-centered
K1 IEQ
K1 learning space
K1 place attachment
K1 social interaction
K1 social participation
K1 sustainable building
AB Building design is one of the essential elements to consider for maximizing the sustainabilityof construction. Prior studies on energy and resource consumption and on indoor environmentalquality indicators (IEQs) are increasingly frequent; however, attention has not been focused ondesign as supporting the function performed within architecture. Educational buildings havespecific conditions related to teaching methodologies, including activating students and promotingparticipation and interaction in the classroom. This manuscript aims to explore whether the socialdimension of physical space in educational settings can explain a student’s academic outcome.For this, the Learning Environment and Social Interaction Scale was designed and validated andapplied to 796 undergraduate students at the University of Coruña, and multiple linear regressionanalysis was applied to the academic results. The results display a structure comprising five factors;these include novelties such as the division of conventional IEQs into two groups: the workspaceand the classroom environment. In addition, place attachment, the design of the classroom as afacilitator of social interaction, the learning value of social interaction, and the satisfaction of the IEQdemonstrated their influence on the academic result.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2021
FD 2021-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25957
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25957
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 11-nov-2026