?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Experiencing+three-dimensional+museum+environments%3A+An+investigation+of+the+Ashmolean+Museum+and+the+Museum+of+Scotland&rft.creator=Psarra%2C+S&rft.creator=Lazaridou%2C+A&rft.description=The+relationship+between+the+spatial+organisation+of+museums+and+visitors'+experience+has+been+widely+explored.+However%2C+previous+studies+rarely+focused+upon+the+actual+use+and+effect+of+the+atria+on+how+people+navigate.+To+understand+this+interaction+entails+answering+the+following+research+question%3A+How+exploration+and+movement+in+museums+are+affected+by+two+and+three-dimensional+properties%3F+This+question+is+investigated+by+the+comparative+study+of+the+Ashmolean+Museum+of+Art+and+Archaeology+in+Oxford%2C+renovated+by+Rick+Mather+Architects+(2009)%2C+and+the+Museum+of+Scotland+in+Edinburgh%2C+designed+by+Benson+and+Forsyth+(1998).+The+two+museums+are+selected+as+relevant+cases+for+their+spatial+similarities+and+significant+differences+closely+connected+to+the+organisation+of+their+atria.+The+intention+is+to+understand+whether+atria+account+for+similar+or+different+exploration+patterns+in+the+ways+users+navigate+in+three+dimensions.+The+comparative+analysis%2C+stemming+from+space+use+observations%2C+space+syntax+methods+and+agent+simulations%2C+shows+that+significant+differences+in+real+and+simulated+movement+result+from+the+varying+spatial+positioning+and+character+of+the+voids.+Variability+in+spatial+behaviour+derives+from+the+impact+of+the+third+dimension%2C+assigning+different+identities+and+orientating+capacities+to+the+atria+and+the+museums.&rft.publisher=Space+Syntax+Laboratory%2C+The+Bartlett+School+of+Architecture%2C+University+College+London&rft.date=2015-07&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=The+International+Space+Syntax+Symposium+X&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+the+10th+International+Space+Syntax+Symposium.++++Space+Syntax+Laboratory%2C+The+Bartlett+School+of+Architecture%2C+University+College+London+(2015)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1477235%2F1%2FSophia%2520Psarra%2520SSS10_Proceedings_025.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1477235%2F&rft.rights=open