Analysis of Ergo-Aesthetics Assessment: A Case Study of Public Park Benches
Urban parks are recognized as an important feature that may improve the quality of urban life. Therefore, it is essential to design user preferable parks and accessories such as benches. Results show the lack of attention towards anthropometrics and user
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Abstract Urban parks are recognized as an important feature that may improve the quality of urban life. Therefore, it is essential to design user preferable parks and accessories such as benches. Results show the lack of attention towards anthropometrics and user preference factors in designing have made these benches become unfavorable to the users and may even induce stress. This study aimed to redefine user preferences factors and the need for the ergo-aesthetic design method model. As a conceptual framework, this research study included a review of previous research relevant to the scope of “user preferences” in relation to various designs. A case study involving qualitative and quantitative method was used in this research in investigating reasons behind user’s preferences towards park benches. The case study was conducted among Putra Perdana Public Park, Putrajaya’s visitors. It is expected to serve as a reference point for future parks and their accessories design development in Malaysia. The research findings proved the lack of ergo-aesthetic factors on park benches and the need for an ergo-aesthetic design method model. Keywords Ergo-aesthetics
Benches Public parks
1 Introduction Recently, demonstrating urban environments with parks has become a common practice. Terms such as “public open space”, “urban parks”, or “public parks” may show some contrasts in terms of reference, but they reflect similarities in their intended purposes. Frequenting public parks is not a Malaysian culture. It was V. Perumal (&) K.A.A. Rahman Industrial Design Department, University Putra Malaysia, 43300 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia e-mail: [email protected] K.A.A. Rahman e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 S.Z. Abidin et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Colloquium of Art and Design Education Research (i-CADER 2015), DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0237-3_46
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brought here by colonials in the 1890s [1]. After independence, these parks were opened to the public. Since then the parks’ image and usages changed greatly [2]. Presently parks are associated with health and recreation and thus demand for them has enormously increased. This is due to the upsurge in urban population and awareness about the importance of parks [3]. This is due to recreational parks being strongly linked to the element of ‘distress’ and comfort [4]. As a result, the Malaysian government has been giving high importance to public parks or open spaces. In 1994, the Malaysian government implemented the “Garden City” concept to guide the development of Putrajaya, a new Federal Government Administration Centre. Putrajaya is a modern city that showcases the best of Malaysian architectural design in an environment-friendly setting of beautifully landscaped lakes and parks. However, to test the park’s effectiveness in terms of serving its purpose, it is still highly dependent on its benches. Evidently ergonomically appropriate and aesthetically pleasing benches will en
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