Abstract
Space setting relates to the environment designed and created as a workplace for a group, which affects individuals and evokes some behavioral response from them. This paper analyzes the role of sensory receptors in the interaction between people and their environment in the particular case of Industrial Design Programs in tertiary institutions. It recommends that planners and architects in collaboration with industrial designers must make concerted efforts in the planning and design of the space setting that reflects trainees’ needs. It is expected that good design of such spaces will nurture and enhance the academic performance, social, physical and psychological growth, and development of the trainees.
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