TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - The underground workspaces questionnaire (UWSQ): investigating public attitudes toward working in underground spaces JO - Building and environment A1 - Lee, Eun Hee A1 - Luo, Chengwen A1 - Sam, Yoke Loo A1 - Roberts, Adam C. A1 - Kwok, Kian Woon A1 - Car, Josip A1 - Soh, Chee-Kiong A1 - Christopoulos, George I. SP - 28 EP - 34 VL - 153 IS - N2 - Over half of the global population lives in urban areas, making the issue of space a pressing environmental factor. The development of large-scale underground complexes in (mega-)cities is a solution to healthy urban growth and many governments have already adopted the development of underground (office) workspaces (UWS). Engineering can develop such high quality spaces; yet, there is limited understanding of how the public perceives UWS. UWS are not the same as other workspaces, and thus special assessment tools are needed. Here, we present the Underground Workspaces Questionnaire (UWSQ), which measures pre-occupant attitudes towards UWS. Analysis (N > 1000) identified three factors with positive aspects associated with feeling protected, whereas confinement was independent of affective responses. Predictably, responses to the three factors correlated with claustrophobia but were independent constructs. UWSQ can help policymakers and architects understand how populations holistically respond to the idea of working in an underground office.

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LA - en SN - 0360-1323 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.02.017 ID - ref1 ER -