IEQ of Studio Environment on Academic Performance of Architectural Students at Caleb University, Lagos, Nigeria

Abstract

Architectural students' second bedroom is their studios as they spend a high percentage of their time daily in these spaces. Their main and major courses are studio work taking between 6 to 16 hours out of the 24 hours of their day especially when school is in session. The indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of these studios hence contributes to the product presented by students as a conducive environment might likely help the students in their thinking process as against a harsh one. To this end, this study examines the impact of IEQ in a studio environment on the academic performance of 175 architecture students at Caleb University, Lagos, Nigeria. The objectives of this study identified the demographical characteristics of the architectural students, assessed the IEQ with the highest impact in the studio environment, and also examined whether the identified IEQ with the highest impact has any significance on gender academic performance over the others. A quantitative method was adopted in the form of a structured questionnaire for data collection. This was administered through the Google form to the architectural students at all levels and analyzed with IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The result revealed a strong relationship between a good studio IEQ and architectural students’ academic performance concerning the season. It is recommended that a good IEQ should be provided for better academic performance.