An affective university classroom design formula based on kansei engineering approach

Classroom condition is an essential in the university learning process. The lecturers and students interact directly for several hours in it. Environmental classroom conditions directly affect the learning system. Next, it is a must to design a classroom that considers both physical and environmental conditions. The objective of this research is to formulate the university classroom design by Kansei Engineering approach. Ten kansei words were selected and resulted two design concepts namely “a good classroom with cool, clean lines” and “bright classroom”. There are 7 physical elements (wall, chair and table color, chair table type, learning tool, ceiling design and furniture arrangement). The eenvironmental conditions follow the criteria from previous research findings to achieve the best student’s performance during the lessons. There are 5 of them to consider (noise level, illumnination, humidity, ventilation and thermal conditions). Based on decision tree the formula of each design were resulted. The first concept of "good classroom" is strongly influenced by the color of the chairs, while the second concept of "bright classroom" is influenced by the type of chair used.