Impact of Campus Building Design Features on Aesthetic Psychology Based on AEE

According to pragmatist theory, aesthetic perception and personal engagement play a crucial role in shaping art education and aesthetic learning processes. The AEE (Arts-based Environmental Education), proposed by Mantere in the 1990s, emphasizes the importance of integrating arts education with the environment to foster a life where people and nature coexist harmoniously. To investigate the relationship between an individual's aesthetic psychological perception and the campus building environment, this paper tests the hypothesis that aesthetic experience, such as aesthetic delight and aesthetic perception, correspond to specific patterns of psychological activity when viewing images of architectural interiors. The findings suggest that a greater degree of openness can enhance people's sense of delight and lead to more favorable evaluations. Additionally, higher ceilings can enhance aesthetic perception and promote a greater sense of ease. This demonstrates that a perception of beauty is not the result of objective qualities but objectified attributes, and aesthetic perception is a subjective experience of delight. Consequently, beauty and aesthetic delight are closely interrelated. Therefore, the better campus buildings are designed, the more aesthetic delights students may enjoy.