Organisational Typology for Experiential Nature Tourism Architecture, Abstract: People today are looking for new and exciting experiences in the natural environment which typically, would include attractions or features such as mountains, waterfalls, parklands and lakes. Yet, there is a limit to the amount of natural outdoor attractions for recreational opportunities. Nature-focused architecture can help us manage the problems and issues caused by overcrowding and the intense competition for natural attractions.
Currently, the tourism industry in the Baltic is heavily reliant on a classical interpretation of recreational architecture and its related services and activities. The primary focus of this research is on intentional and inadvertent experiential tourism in order to synthesize a new approach to the architecture of nature tourism. In doing so, it also considers several approaches that enable us to develop guidelines on the intentional development of new nature tourism experiences for the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Mg. Matijs Babris Prof. Uģis Bratuškins Riga Technical university Faculty of Architecture , matijs.babris@gmail.com +371 25925972
Relevance/problem – Overtourism and crowding in popular nature locations. Rapidly growing demand for nature tourism against a limited number of nature objects. Subject – Nordic climate-appropriate approaches to the development and decentralization of nature tourism sites
Aim - Developing guidelines and recommendations for decentralization of nature tourism in Nordics through application of Experiantal Nature Tourism architecture solutions Scientific novelty – First summary analyzing Nature experience tourism architecture and its impact on tourism decentralization in the Nordic context
Fig.1. Experiential Nature Tourism Architecture organised by perceived experiences Fig.2. Classificators used for the full database
00_name 01_source 02_architect 03_relevance 04_about 05_photos 06_country 07_relief 08_climate 09_landscape 10_water 11_local_environment 12_natural_feature 13_human_impact 14_develompent_level 15_transport_access 16_foundation 17_transportability
18_main_materiality 19_secondary_materiality 20_frame_type 21_building_type 22_function_now 23_function_secondary 24_tourism_category 25_main_attraction 26_experience_type 27_main_experience 28_secondary_experience 29_tertiary_experience 30_activity_level 31_realisation_stage 32_origins_of_NETA 33_nature_placement 34_access_public 35_plan_shape
36_public_private 37_keywords 38_main_activity 39_secondary_activity 40_style 41_grouping 42_design_principles 43_year_built 44_build_area 45_price_night 46_price_tour 47_build_cost 48_visited 49_user_feedback 50_positive_feedback 51_negative_feedback 52_summary 53_build_speed
54_accessibility_features 55_WC_location 56_WC_type 57_utilities 58_amenities 59_notes 60_coordinates 61_geocode_cache 62_last_modified 63_created_time 64_last_modified 65_created_by 66_sustainability 67_awards
Methodology: Selection criteria algorythm was chosen through 4 following steps:
En + A*R = ENTA* Em + P = ENTA*
1. Classification by type. Object selection from Toaurism industry provided labels. e.g. booking.com, airbnb.
En - Environmental factors (natural attractions, weather patterns, sensoral triggers, human impact)
2. Visual comparative analysis by arranging related experiences on a visual collaborative board 3. Evaluation of Human impact and nature integration level. Experience altering factor discovery 4. Experiential estimation formula combining highlighted factors selected from previous steps and calculating optimal benefits through intentional and accidental application of experiential methodologies
ENTA - Experiential Nature Tourism Architecture
A - Architecture and artificial environment, building type height, application of design principles R - Relationship modifiers, story, expectations, price, activities and service EM - Emotional experiences, emotionsa and feeling perceived P - Physical and sensory experiences, ambience and soundscape