FORMULATION AND VALIDATION OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS METHODS FOR NARRATIVES OF DWELLING EXPERIENCE

Focusing on narratives of dwelling experience recorded through Dwelling Experience Interviews by architecture students, this paper formulates quantitative analysis methods for the narratives and evaluates their validity. The narratives were quantified by defining the minimum unit of dwelling experience. By examining the number of these units in each narrative, general trends in the narratives were identified. Comparative and typological analyses were also conducted to explore which aspects of living environment residents frequently referred to, yielding insights useful for the planning of living environments. As these analyses were appropriately conducted and produced valuable findings, the methods were concluded to be valid.