Reading Room Design

Study on the Design of Reading Room in Nursing-Home Based on the Needs of Seniors

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.584-586.293 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 584-586 ◽

pp. 293-296

Author(s):

Wen Jie Lin ◽

Ning Ning Song ◽

Yu Jun Yang

Keyword(s):

Nursing Home ◽

Nursing Homes ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Reading Room ◽

Space Design ◽

Home Based ◽

Room Design ◽

Behavior Characteristics

In order to make the function rooms for public activities of nursing homes to be more reasonable, and the space design to be more suitable to elderly, this paper take 5 reading room in two large nursing homes for study, investigate and analysis the number of users, the users health stage, the influential factors to the utilization of reading room, the users behavior characteristics and so on. On the basis of it, this paper comes up with suggestions for the reading room design.

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Service room design for improving service quality of Utsman bin Affan library Universitas Muslim Indonesia with Kansei Engineering approach

World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews ◽

10.30574/wjarr.2021.12.3.0707 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 381-392

Author(s):

Lamatinulu ◽

Muh. Syaeful Ragali ◽

Irma Nur Afiah

Keyword(s):

Design Process ◽

Reading Room ◽

Kansei Engineering ◽

Library Service ◽

Engineering Approach ◽

Large Display ◽

Room Design ◽

Additional Item ◽

Open Service

A student can study well if there is a good place to study as well. Likewise with reading, a person needs concentration to read. Service room design is necessitated in the reading room because it affects one’s reading comfort. Utsman bin Affan library UMI Makassar is a place for students to study. Students’ complaints and problems that are experienced when using the library service room are in the form of uncomfortable facilities, no closed rooms, and other complaints. In reference to these problems, a study was carried out in accordance with the students’ complaints by employing Kansei Engineering approach. Kansei Engineering is a consumer-oriented ergonomic technology which enables the consumer’s image or feeling to unite with the service design process of a product. By utilizing this method, product strategy and concept creation in the design of a product or service can be determined. The final results of Utsman bin Affan UMI Makassar library service room which was obtained based on the Kansei Engineering method are an open service room, large display, reading room, multimedia room, collection room, green and white colors, 3D motif and glossy texture. In addition to the main specifications of the library, there is also an additional item supporting the service room, which is a partition made of glass that gives the impression of being open to the room although it is still divided into different spaces.

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