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Designer Fractal Patterns: Ecological Validity and the Psychological Wellbeing Effect of Fractal Patterns in Interior Spaces

Murteza, Noor Danielle
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8148-673X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu159422878465947

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2020, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Design.
This thesis analyzes the efficacy of Designer Fractal Patterns (DFPs), a proposed new category of fractal patterns which synthesizes nature’s visual organization, to promote human psychological wellbeing in interior built environments. The questions set by this study explore the role of fractal dimension and the fractally fluent range (D1.3-1.5) on the wellbeing responses indicated through mood and emotional responses. The psychological and self-reported wellbeing responses are collected through both a positivistic paradigm, which is built on precedence methodology, and a naturalistic paradigm, which is focused on maintaining ecological validity. The thesis results confirm the predictive quality of fractal dimension but complicate the fractal fluency range for Designer Fractal Patterns. The naturalistic paradigm adds lived experience, memories, and prior associations as determinants of a psychological wellbeing response. The limitation of the study is the small size of the participant sample and the non-uniform distribution of the DFPs’ fractal dimensions. The significance of this study lies in the endless possible applications of DFPs in interior space where the direct introduction of natural vegetation is difficult. A clear need for promoting human psychological wellbeing in interior built environments is seen in hospital rooms of their varied kinds, in libraries and classrooms, as well as the proposed pod habitation spaces designed for Mars.
Elizabeth Sanders (Advisor)
Jeff Haase (Committee Member)
Krystal Taylor (Committee Member)
273 p.
Design; Mathematics
designer fractal patterns, fractal, wellbeing, interior space, interior design, design research, naturalistic paradigm, positivistic paradigm

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  • Murteza, N. D. (2020). Designer Fractal Patterns: Ecological Validity and the Psychological Wellbeing Effect of Fractal Patterns in Interior Spaces [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu159422878465947

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Murteza, Noor. Designer Fractal Patterns: Ecological Validity and the Psychological Wellbeing Effect of Fractal Patterns in Interior Spaces. 2020. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu159422878465947.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Murteza, Noor. "Designer Fractal Patterns: Ecological Validity and the Psychological Wellbeing Effect of Fractal Patterns in Interior Spaces." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu159422878465947

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