Design quality assessment of campus facilities through post occupancy evaluation
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
ISSN: 2398-4708
Article publication date: 27 September 2021
Issue publication date: 11 August 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to present the design quality assessment of facilities on a university campus in Saudi Arabia.
Design/methodology/approach
Forty-nine standardized design quality indicators (DQIs) have been adopted for the study. These were classified into relevant categories including: “Indoor Environment, Safety and Maintenance,” “Furniture, Utilities and Spaces” and “Privacy, Appearance and Surrounding Areas.” A web-based survey was used to obtain responses from 207 respondents. The survey was designed based on a Likert scale of satisfaction and was analyzed to obtain the satisfaction indices (SI) as well as Design Quality Scores (DQS).
Findings
Occupants were dissatisfied the “level of noise generated from within the space,” “amount of natural light from daylighting systems” and “ease of control of air ventilation systems” among others. The DQS revealed that residential buildings had the highest design quality in terms of “Indoor Environment, Safety, and Maintenance” and “Privacy, Appearance and Surrounding Areas.” Administrative buildings had the best design quality in terms of “furniture, utilities and spaces.” Academic buildings had the lowest design quality in terms of “Indoor Environment, Safety and Maintenance” and “Privacy, Appearance and Surrounding Areas.”
Originality/value
Ultimately, the study demonstrated how the adoption of a standard set of DQIs could facilitate the standardization of design quality evaluation in the property sector as well as identify best practices through comparison and benchmarking.
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Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the support provided by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) for funding this work through project No. SB191051.
Citation
Hassanain, M.A., Sanni-Anibire, M.O. and Mahmoud, A.S. (2023), "Design quality assessment of campus facilities through post occupancy evaluation", International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Vol. 41 No. 4, pp. 693-712. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-04-2021-0057
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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