Fundamental Study on the Bodyscape on outdoor with a Psycological Experiment

The purpose of this paper is to make clear the constitution of psycological cosmos recognized through skin contact and to apply the frame of tactile cognition to urban design.In this research, “bodyscape” means the landscape recognized through the body except eyes, ears, nose and tongue. We invented the FCM method origainally to clarify the nature of “bodyscape”. It was based on methods of the psycological experiments and the landscape-analyses.The nature of “bodyscape” is classified into 3 types through the FCM method refering to previous researches about body and tactile cognition in the philosophy and the psycology.An arrangement of each element have great effects on the way human recognizes the “bodyscape”.The form of the “bodyscape” can be classfied into 5 types according to the pattern of arrangement of each element.