Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted Exploring the Relationship Between Biophilic Design Elements in Hotels and Guest Experience from the Customer Perspective in Saudi Arabia(Swiss Hotel Management, 2024-02) Alderan, Majed Abdulaziz D; de Leymarie, XavierThis study investigates the influence of biophilic design on guest experiences in Saudi Arabian hotels, addressing a gap in empirical research within the hospitality sector. Through a mixed-methods approach, using quantitative and qualitative survey, the research explores the relationship between biophilic elements in hotel environments and guest satisfaction. Findings indicate a significant positive relationship between the presence of natural design elements and enhanced guest experiences, highlighting the importance of incorporating biophilic design for improving well-being and satisfaction. This study contributes to the growing body of knowledge on biophilic design in hospitality, offering insights for architects, designers, and hotel operators aiming to leverage environmental psychology to enhance guest experiences. It underscores the potential of biophilic design not only as an aesthetic preference but as a strategic tool for boosting guest satisfaction and loyalty within the context of Saudi Arabia's evolving hospitality landscape, aligned with the Vision 2030 objectives of economic diversification and sustainability.18 0Item Restricted OPTIMIZING VIEWS AND DAYLIGHT PERFORMANCE TO PROMOTE HUMAN COMFORT AND LEARNING PROCESSES IN EDUCATIONAL SPACES: A CASE STUDY OF A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM.(ProQuest LLC, 2021) Naseer, Saleh; Engineer, Altaf; Youssef, Omar; Ida, AletheiaThe lack of architectural designers who create specifically for second language learners’ educational environment spaces is the main drive of this research. Psychiatric illness, specifically anxiety, is a common challenge for classroom-based students who seek to learn a second language. This challenge leads language learners to face difficulty in achieving their goals and often prevents them from realizing their educational intentions. One major component affecting students’ anxiety is their surrounding classroom environment. This thesis considers the strong relationship between a classroom’s surrounding environment and anxiety reduction, and the overall improvement of learning performance. Environmental factors such as daylight and environmental views are this research’s focus strategies to optimizing studying environments. The three steps in this research occur sequentially. First, it will determine relationships between the classroom environment, second language students, and anxiety. Next, it will study applied environmental strategies using classroom-based background research, exploring responsive strategies that help optimize daylight and environmental views in second language classrooms. Finally, it will explore the application of how classroom environment responds to architectural techniques in the base case to achieve optimized environmental factors and share findings and provide recommendations. This research is comprised of outcomes from previous research deriving from strong data regarding the classroom environment, adapting environmental factors, and the psychological state of second language students. Objective and subjective methods are implemented to improve the indoor environmental quality of the classroom. Physical measurements will be taken in the base case at first, including documenting the size of the room as well as determining the daylighting levels with a lux meter. Said measurements will be used to obtain data pertaining to the illuminance and luminance levels of the base case classroom. Next, REVIT software to build a digital model of the base case with applying data those were gathered previously. Test the digital model in the VELUX software from the daylighting aspect by comparing it to the reading from the Lux meter. Next, new strategies will be utilized to develop the optimal outcome for the proposed environmental classroom and will then be assessed with VELUX software. Finally, Improving the outdoor views and visual comfort through the questioner were given to the students. The research findings herein urge architects and designers to develop classrooms by taking into consideration optimal environmental factors that enhance classroom-based second language student learning outcomes. By implementing such surrounding environmental factors, we might achieve optimal results in the classroom and improve students’ psychological well-being.54 0