Constructing spatial meaning: Spatial affordances in museum design

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-109

  Wineman, Jean D ^a   Peponis, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal education; Movement patterns; Museums; Spatial layout

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHOD; EDUCATION; MUSEUM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70450237656     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916509335534     Document Type: Article

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