以环境心理与行为研究为理论指导,通过虚拟现实技术让被试人员在空间尺度不同的虚拟广场上行进、浏览和体验广场的空间,并回答问题的方式,研究人们对不同尺度的广场"纯"空间的偏好和意象,进而指出广场的空间尺度与空间品质和意象的关系,并对经典的广场空间理论进行了讨论。
Under the theoretic guidance of environmental psychology and behavior study, the subjects are asked to walk, glance and experience the space on virtual square being of different scale, and answer questions to reflect subjects' preference and image on different "pure" space of square, by which, the authors make study of the relation between image and space scale, between image and space caliber, furthermore make discussion of classic square space theory.