International Journal of Applied Arts Studies (IJAPAS)

Evidence-Based Design in Medical Centers and the Effects on Patient Satisfaction (Case Study: Kasra Hospital in Tehran, Iran)

Aida Sadeghi, Azadeh Shahcheraghi, Khosro Daneshjoo, Seyed Behshid Hosseini — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:35:46 +0330

Evidence-based design (EBD) is a design approach that emphasizes using valid data to examine its effect on the design process. This approach is an important and growing movement towards creating a safe environment to take care of patients.

The purpose of this study is to improve design principles in hospitals and medical centers based on the EBD and put patients at the center of this approach to achieve patient satisfaction.

The research method is based on the bibliography studies, field observations, and data collected through the Delphi technique and questions asked from five experts in the architecture of medical spaces of Kasra hospital in Tehran, Iran using ASPECT software.

According to the obtained results, threshold rate of 6, the average factors of views (3.646), nature and outdoors (3.472), comfort and control (3.913), Legibility of place (3.900), facilities (3.079) and staff (3.594) has a relatively higher average than the average, The average of privacy and participation (2.769) and interior design (2.896) is lower than average, indicating low satisfaction with the mentioned factors. Also, the average of architectural features, Interior design features, and Mental and social features are reported as 3.166, 3.309, 3.073, and 3.817, respectively, and the total average score of the number It is almost favorable, and in general, the patients' opinion about the condition of the hospital is less than satisfactory.

Keywords: Medical Centers, Evidence-Based Design, Patient Satisfaction, Kasra hospital

Analyzing the Effect of the Interconnected Role of Educational Space on Promoting Self-Efficacy in Children Aged 3 to 6 Years (Case Study: Isfahan Fooladshahr Preschools)

Mansoureh Geramifard, Mansour Yeganeh, Seyedeh Marzieh Tabaeian — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:44:52 +0330

A child needs a space to stimulate understanding, recognition, and self-efficacy. Educational spaces play a significant role in the development and behavior of children. If these spaces are formed with the aim of promoting self-efficacy and based on the social, emotional and behavioral needs of the child, the child's interaction with the built spaces will be compatible and understandable. Self-efficacy is directly affected by the physical environment in the integration of children's educational spaces. This research has investigated the role of children's educational environment on the self-efficacy of children aged 3 to 6 years. The theoretical propositions of this study have been investigated in the field and survey in 5 samples of preschools in Foladshahr, Isfahan. The research method of this study is combined (qualitative and quantitative) and descriptive-analytical. The map of the educational spaces under study was drawn using Autocad software, and Depth Map software was used to analyze the degree of interdependence of the spaces. The level of children's self-efficacy and the correlation coefficient between the variables were measured using data from a researcher-made questionnaire in the Pressline system through Spss software. The results of the study indicate that educational spaces have spatial interdependence differences and significant effects on children's self-efficacy in the indicators under study.

Keywords: Integrity; educational spaces; self-efficacy; children; physical environment

Proposing a Comprehensive Theoretical Training Framework (Concepts, Elements and Design Process) for Computational Design (Algorithmic, Parametric and Generative Design Systems)

Mina Ramyar, Cyrus Bavar, Parisa Alimohammadi — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:50:14 +0330

In recent decades, computer technologies like computational design have made an impact on architectural design. They were first used for automation and form finding, later used for performance-based design and optimization. Computational design lead to the development of algorithmic, parametric, and generative design systems, which are now extensively used in architectural design education. According to previous studies, computational design education mainly focuses on the application of coding and related software, and theoretical knowledge of computational design not proposed and taught in a separate course before its use in the design studio. However, due to the complexities of computational design, an extensive training course is needed to fully understand its capabilities. Therefore, this research proposes a comprehensive theoretical training framework for computational design. To accomplish this objective in the first stage of this research, the current status of its training was examined, and deficiencies in computational design education have been identified through library resources. In the second stage, important concepts for comprehending computational design knowledge were examined, and in the third stage, with the goal of overcoming the deficiencies of the current educational program, a comprehensive theoretical training framework which includes two phases of 1. Learning computational design principles 2. Learning an analysis of computational design principles is proposed. The proposed program includes concepts such as definitions, types, distinctions, components and process of computational design. The findings of this study could serve as a framework for curriculum development in computational design.

Keywords: Computational design, Education, Algorithmic design, Parametric design, Generative design.

Revitalization and Adaptation of Houses in the Historical Neighborhood of Moghadamian in Dezful City with a Sustainable Architecture Approach

Sayed Mohammad Ghaffari Khalaf Mohammadi, Vahid Ghobadian — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:52:19 +0330

Revitalization of historical works and buildings are of special importance as an important part of the history of culture and civilization of any society. Historical houses are facing the development of urbanization today. This development and expansion have been associated with destruction and change in historical contexts. The best way to protect abandoned and decaying buildings is to revive them and give them use, which should be done in such a way that their spiritual, material, and historical values are compatible with the new values that are given to them. In most cases, these buildings have been defined as different from their original identity during intervention for revitalization. Many small spaces of the houses have been left unused. This research is based on a qualitative and quantitative approach in terms of its practical purpose and its governing system. The researcher has used survey methods to collect information and descriptive-analytical methods to achieve the conceptual model. Interviews, questionnaires study of documents, and field surveys were the tools of research data collection. AHP and Delphi techniques have been used to analyze and infer data. The results show that in the restoration of the historical houses of the Moghadamian neighborhood in Dezful City, there is a big gap between the appropriate methods of intervention that are presented in the restoration documents and criteria and the results of the research. Also, according to experts in the field of restoration, the interventions made in historical houses for revitalization have not been at a favorable level.

Keywords: Revitalization, Adaptation, Sustainable architecture, Moghadamian neighborhood, Dezful city.

Analysis and Evaluation of Visual Components in Environmental Graphic Design of the Hospital (Case Study: Children’s Ward of Emam Jafar Sadegh Hospital, Meybod

Maryam Fallah, Alireza Danafar — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:29:50 +0330

Objective: The purpose of writing this thesis is to analyze and evaluate the visual components in the environmental graphic design of Imam Jafar Sadegh Meybod Children's Hospital. The standards and criteria of the system defined in the design of the hospital have created difficulties in communicating between the elements in the space and human factors.

Methods: In this research, with the overall goal of removing visual additions and focusing on visual components and other factors related to environmental graphics, such as facilitating communication and information, we will create a safe and relaxing environment not only for children but also for hospital staff and companions. The research method is descriptive and analytical. The method of field research is in the form of library studies, and the collection tools are direct observation of the hospital environment, interviews with children, companions and hospital personnel, and the preparation of questionnaires.

Results: According to the findings and results, it can be said that a graphic designer can try to create a visual element by keeping in mind the useful visual components and their performance in the space and precision in establishing the proportion, coordination and composition of the visual elements. The graphic effect provides an ideal environment to provide a pleasant and helpful environment for all those who use the hospital space.

Conclusion: With the help of graphic science and its superior components, the sensory richness of the environment can be increased. Due to the sufficient understanding of the child's developmental characteristics and the upcoming capabilities and limitations, it is possible to design an environment that matches the child's conditions.

Rereading the Reality of Graffiti Based on Hegel’s Ideas in a Case Study from Banksy and Iranian Artists’ Works

Firoozeh Sheibani Rezvani, Maryam Bakhtiarian — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0330

Hegel’s aesthetics has great potential for reading socially generated, the artwork that reflect the spirit of their times. Because of, for him, artworks are animated by an internally purposive form. He believed artifacts can’t be regarded as a living being, in fact they have a given purposive with an external function, for example machine or shoes. Of course, we don’t forget that artwork is a production of an artist’s mind and specially his/her imagination and this is an inherently infinite possibility. Thus, we want to know the statue of graffiti from Hegelian perspective, especially since it is not a simple or a homogenous phenomenon, and also the relationship between content and form in it. For this reason, we selected some works of graffiti at random to describe and analyze in this qualitative research. Considering that art is one of the stages of Geist’s self-consciousness, this could be a way to understand the relationship between beauty, social protest and collective self-consciousness in graffiti works as a whole organic and as artworks not artifacts. Because their purposive and function is as internal dynamics.