EMOTIONAL STATE OF YOUTH WHEN PERCEIVING THE ARCHITECTURE OF MOSCOW METRO STATIONS
The article discusses the features of emotional state of young people when perceiving Moscow metro stations. The architectural environment influences the emotional state, as well as cognitive processes and behavioral patterns. The authors consider the factors that determine the effect of architecture on the emotional state of a person (color, form, scale, etc.). It is indicated that the influence of the environment often remains unconscious. Preferences in the environment are due to biological, social and personal factors. On the basis of the analysis of scientific sources, the authors formulate the following hypotheses: 1) emotional state during the perception of metro stations is related to their architectural features; 2) emotional state during the perception of modern metro stations is related to personality characteristics. An empirical research was conducted by the authors to test the hypotheses; 36 people aged 16 to 27 participated in it. The subjects of the research were asked to rate their emotional state during the perception of images of Moscow metro stations. The research results allow to conclude that the emotional state during the perception of the Moscow metro stations is related to architectural features of the stations. Significant differences in the emotional state of young people were revealed in the perception of triple-vault, triple-span and single-vault metro stations. The emotional state of young people during the perception of modern metro stations is related to their personality characteristics (extraversion and tendency to control one’s behavior).