Research on the Visual Design Elements of the Living Street from the Perspective of Human Factors Engineering

Living streets are places of high activity frequency in people’s daily lives, so it is particularly important to design the street space based on people’s perceived comfort. There is a paucity of quantitative studies conducted on street interface elements, as evidenced by an examination of existing studies. Accordingly, this study used a human factor experiment to ascertain the quantitative value of interface elements that engender a sense of visual comfort. This study used a simulation experiment of a life street scene, integrating wearable physiological sensors and a subjective evaluation scale, to analyze the impact of varying scene element values on participants’ perception. The findings indicate that distinct values of street interface elements exert markedly disparate effects on people’s perception. The interface transparency that elicits a more favorable response is approximately 40%, the store density is approximately 15, and individuals demonstrate a discernible inclination towards the street scene with warm colors and rich textures.