Spatial UX Design Advanced Seminar

The purpose of this advanced course is to equip students with a theoretical perspective that comprehensively understands space from the standpoint of user experience. Students will learn to articulate in their own words the structures of shared values and challenges across different spatial types. Furthermore, they will develop the ability to support their arguments on spatial UX with evidence and evaluative frameworks, enabling them to articulate their ideas as scholarly discourse.

This seminar focuses on four types of spaces: urban/public spaces, living/daily spaces, commercial/service spaces, and network spaces. It positions space as “a system where user experiences are evaluated through design and operation.” Through lectures, case studies, and field visits, students will examine the “value and challenges of space” from functional, psychological, social, and operational perspectives, deepening their understanding through discussion. They will then organize concepts and requirements for spatial UX, summarizing evaluation perspectives and verification methods. The final deliverable will be a research-note-style final report.

1. Explain the structure of value and challenges for four spatial types from functional, psychological, social, and operational perspectives.
2. Organize insights gained from prior research, case studies, and field visits to independently define key issues concerning spatial UX.
3. The spatial UX concept can be organized as requirements and compiled into an academic description based on evaluation perspectives and verification methods.

Japanese

〈Evaluation Method〉The overall evaluation of midterm assignments (class discussion participation, fieldwork reports, proposal/analysis reports) accounts for 50%, and the final report accounts for 50%.
〈Evaluation Criteria〉Each assignment will be comprehensively evaluated based on the following criteria: whether it structurally explains the value and challenges; whether it independently formulates questions by organizing insights from prior research, case studies, and field observations; and whether it provides an academically sound description grounded in evaluation perspectives and verification methods. Note that the passing score of 60 points requires at least the following minimum achievements: “explanation of the four spatial typologies,” “formulation of key issues concerning spatial UX,” and “fundamental, academically sound description based on requirements, evaluation perspectives, and verification methods.”

Required readings will be specified during class.
(Reference Books)
・ Kazuhiko Yamazaki, Miyuki Matsubara, Kimihiro Takeuchi, Introduction to Human-Centered Design, Kindai Kagaku Sha, ISBN-10 476490506X
・ Yoshinobu Ashiwara, “The Aesthetics of Urban Landscapes,” Iwanami Shoten, ISBN-10 4006000499
・ Takeshi Hoshikawa, “Digital Media and Networking,” Koyo Shobo, ISBN-10 477103849X

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Non-regionally-oriented course

• Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
• Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills

Most classes are interactive

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