Humans spend most of their time indoors as Studies found that Humans spend almost
90% of their time indoors. This means that space perceivers may be directly subjected
to the interior design of these spaces and thus the interior design elements including the
interior morphology may have an impact on the space perceivers. One of the most
essential elements of interior design space morphology is contour. Contour studies
have been argued for more than a century as researchers approached the contour
preference with variable methods reaching different reasons of contour typology
preference. The aim of this paper is to study and investigate the findings in contour
preference studies in order to provide a clear understanding of the interior morphology
and it's impact on the response of the space perceivers. The methodology used is a
comparative analysis method that investigates the past contour preference studies.
The results found that the response of perceivers was impacted by contour typologies
& interior morphology. There is always a preference for curvilinear contours compared
to other typologies. Researchers argued that this preference for curvilinear contours
may be due to the fact the perceivers found them more pleasing than other typologies.
In Conclusion, It was found that past studies didn't highlight enough the rectilinear
contours. The interior settings contour preference studies lacked the investigation of
contour quantity & repetition in addition to the function of space. This notion requires
further investigation while taking into consideration all contour typologies and
highlighting contour quantity and space function.