Anthropometric considerations for studio chair and table design in architecture studio UiTM Seri Iskandar Perak / Muhammad Danial Aqil Widad Amirudin and Wan Nur Rukiah Mohd Arshard

• Main Authors: Amirudin, Muhammad Danial Aqil Widad, Mohd Arshard, Wan Nur Rukiah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Details and decoration
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/96975/1/96975.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/96975/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Architecture students' working spaces differ from those of other art and engineering students' workstations. The activities architecture students engage in include drawing and modelling. This study aims to identify discrepancies between the studio furniture, such as adjustable chairs or banquet chairs, and table dimensions, in relation to the anthropometric characteristics of architecture students who use these workstations. The focus of this study is a studio for semester 05 architecture students, equipped with a complete set of workstation furniture. The primary goal is to determine suitable furniture for architecture students in their studio workspaces. The chosen methodology is qualitative, relying on observations from semester 05 architecture studio at UiTM Seri Iskandar. The findings of this study indicate that the furniture used by architecture students is unsuitable from an anthropometric perspective, considering the human body's sitting posture with the chairs and tables. Therefore, the design of the furniture must incorporate a study and measurements of the anthropometric aspects relevant to the working style and lifestyle of architecture students.