The temporal rhythm of scenes and the safety in educational space

Abstract

The visual scene represents the scope of vision or what the eyes see (image or an appearance) and is perceived by the senses, as well as it is the place of the event and natural and physical design elements. So, the relationship between the design scenes and the user is important because it has psychological and physiological effects to achieve human needs such as the safety, which is one of the human needs. Scenes’ design plays a role in stimulating a sense (safety or fear) and is reflected during the person’s performance of various activities in the space. Recently, a phenomenon of insafety and fear has spread in children’s schools, and many studies have recorded that this phenomenon is common in 2–5% of children and adolescents, and 4–5% of children in the primary stage suffer from anxiety disorders that prevent them from practicing their studies normally. Through a pilot study of the Iraq schools, it was found that 55% of them suffer from insafety and fear. This research is an attempt to study the relationship between the scene temporal rhythm to stimulate children’s (safety and fear) feelings. To achieve the aim of this research, a descriptive and analytical methodology was adopted with two theoretical and practical axes. Finally, the results and conclusion show that there is a relationship between the temporal rhythm characteristics and the type of scene that affects the behavior patterns and diversity activities (it means that it stimulates a sense of safety for children in the educational space).

Keywords

• temporal rhythm
• safety
• visual scene
• educational space