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Exploring Individual Differences and Building Complexity in Wayfinding: The Case of the Seattle Central Library

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  • Saskia Kuliga
  • Ben Nelligan
  • Ruth Dalton
  • Steven Marchette
  • Amy Shelton
  • Laura Carlson
  • Christoph Hölscher
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1/06/2019
<mark>Journal</mark>Environment and Behavior
Issue number5
Volume51
Number of pages44
Pages (from-to)622-665
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date12/04/19
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This article focuses on the interactions between individual differences and building characteristics that may occur during multilevel wayfinding. Using the Seattle Central Library as our test case, we defined a series of within-floor and between-floor wayfinding tasks based on different building analyses of this uniquely designed structure. Tracking our 59 participants while they completed assigned tasks on-site, we examined their wayfinding performance across tasks and in relation to a variety of individual differences measures and wayfinding strategies. Both individual differences and spatial configuration, as well as the organization of the physical space, were related to the wayfinding challenges inherent to this library. We also found wayfinding differences based on other, nonspatial features, such as semantic expectations about destinations. Together, these results indicate that researchers and building planners must consider the interactions among building, human, and task characteristics in a more nuanced fashion.

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The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Environment and Behavior, 51 (5), 2019, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Environment and Behavior page: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/eab on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/