The impact of flexibility in the design of educational interior spaces (University of Baghdad Studio as a model)

Abstract

Flexibility is the exploitation of the entire chronological life of the building by changing and redesigning it in order to comply with the continuous changes. Where the research aims to clarify the impact of flexibility in the educational interior spaces to achieve alternative solutions. To achieve the goal, the inference method will be used by collecting data on the space under study (the studio of the Department of Architecture at the University of Baghdad) and extracting indicators from the theoretical framework. To analyze this data, the Quantitative approach is adopted to design the model for the space and applying Indicators selected from the theoretical framework of the research, then analyze the data in an inferential manner from general theories to specific details in order to reach interpretations of the meaning of this data. The indicators of internal spaces and flexibility were chosen, then they were built and 16 elements were obtained that will be applied to the selected space and tested by designing two models of the studio space. To analyze this data, the statistical analysis program (Spss, 2023) was relied upon, specifically the (Correlation) program. The research results showed that 2 strong indicators and 3 effective indicators were obtained from the results of the comprehensive analysis of (Correlation), and there were no relationships between the indicators in the results. Correlation: The results mean achieving the goal of the analysis by obtaining a strong effect of two indicators. The research concluded that the flexibility in the interior spaces is achieved by controlling the change and modification of the vertical elements represented by the partitions of the studio space to achieve the ability to change the shape, i.e. alternative solutions to the space, and then to obtain a highly flexible space.