Effect of Physical Elements in Educational Spaces on Children’s Creativity Promotion Using Graphic Analysis of Painting

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1 M.A., Department of Architecture, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.

2 Department of Architecture, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran (Corresponding Author).

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.

10.22034/aaud.2023.286362.2478

Abstract

Quality of education and educational spaces is important in the modern world. Due to their physical and mental conditions, children are highly influenced by the surrounding spaces. The educational spaces of children play a significant role in forming their attitudes toward education and learning. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of physical elements and factors on the growth and promotion of children’s creativity. This study also aims to prioritize the considered components assuming that physical elements of architecture can promote children's creativity. The research method of this study was qualitative and quantitative, conducted in survey method, and paintings were analyzed through MAXQDA 2020 software. Paintings were selected and analyzed based on random sampling among paintings drawn by 7-12 years old children and students. It is worth noting that happy colors, large windows, shelves and special tables, and circular classroom arrangements are seen in most. Analysis of the paintings and what is in mind of children helps to create a desired space to satisfy their needs, who are the primary audiences of the space. Furthermore, children's paintings are the best sources providing access to their intellectual layers. Hence, the results of this study indicate that furniture (first rank), openings and color of physical elements (second rank), green space, and space clarity (resulted from the connection between inside and outside of the class by using physical factors of walls and body of class) at third and fourth ranks, respectively are the components affecting the promotion of children's creativity. The reason for such influence is that educational spaces and classrooms used with such features influence the promotion of creativity in the mind of children, so attendance in desired space makes the mind of children ready to accept new issues and viewpoints, which is a definition of creativity.

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Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development
Volume 16, Issue 42
June 2023
Pages 91-105

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  • Receive Date: 15 May 2021
  • Revise Date: 05 March 2023
  • Accept Date: 21 March 2023

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