Wellbeing Study in Architectural Design Studio for Generation Z Student

Abstract

Architecture education is inseparable from the studio, where the students spend most of their study time doing the design process. As the building has a longer lifespan than a student’s study period, the studio may serve cross-generational users. It is important to reassess how students feel while using the same space designed mainly for the generations before them. This research aims to collect the assessment of the studio features, namely physical condition, spatial configuration, flexibility, accessibility, room facility, room performance, and satisfaction, as well as self-assessed well-being by Generation Z respondents. Online questionnaires were given to 80 students during their second year of study in the undergraduate architecture department, as they experienced different studio conditions in their 3rd and 4th semesters. The result is that the students feel more fit with the studio in the 4th semester in every aspect, except the studio’s zone clarity. They assessed the same level of well-being also. Comfortability, ease of interaction, and furniture condition are considered essential for the students, as well as group partners and relations with tutors, to make them comfortable in the Studio.