A model for place evaluation is developed through a facet theoretical study of a convention center. A questionnaire viewing user satisfaction was given to 86 respondents. Similarity structure analysis produced a three-facet solution, with facets of referent (life area) with elements of social, service, spatial, and aesthetic; focus (centrality) with elements of central and peripheral; and level with elements of internal physical, external, and internal atmosphere. Partial order structuple analysis with base coordinates identified individuals in terms of their responses to these facets of place evaluations. Respondents were classified as either structuring their principal evaluations in terms of either social and service aspects of the location or in terms of features relating to spatial, aesthetic, physical qualities, and elements that were central to subjects' location-specific purpose. The results are compared with previous facet studies, which have enabled a generic model of place evaluation to be developed.
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