The objective of this exploratory study is to discover the relations between visual attention to an architectural work and the subjective experiences produced during its observation. A subjective experience with a building is the specific manner in which an architectural element or the building as a whole are presented to a person. The qualities of the element as how they are perceived and the inner world of the observer are both considered in this subjective experience. The aims of this study are to describe the experience that a building generates in people, pinpoint what has attracted the participant's attention during each view of the building in an itinerary; and understand which aspects of this selected case study have made it an object of attention. An eye-tracking study was carried out using a portable eye tracker. This tool allowed the participants to walk freely around the exterior of a historic train station in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. Two groups of participants, with routes starting from opposite sides of the building, contemplated it while using the eye tracker. Eye tracking allowed for the identification of the architectural elements that were objects of attention, the lengths of observation, and the points of view from which the elements were observed. Other data collection techniques, such as the think-aloud protocol and a special type of survey, were used to deeply understand the experiences that accompanied the visual exploration of the historic building. Results suggest that the participants observed the different architectural elements for a time that was neither influenced by the route used to explore the building nor the point where that route was initiated. The architectural elements identified as examples of high-quality architecture and perceived as aesthetically pleasing by the participants during the itinerary were observed for longer times.

这项探索性研究的目的是发现视觉对建筑作品的注意与观察过程中产生的主观体验之间的关系。对建筑物的主观体验是将建筑元素或建筑物作为整体呈现给人的特定方式。这种主观体验既考虑了元素的质量（如何感知），又观察到了观察者的内部世界。这项研究的目的是描述建筑物在人体内产生的体验，并在路线的每个视图中指出吸引参与者注意的是什么？并了解所选案例研究的哪些方面使其成为关注的对象。使用便携式眼动仪进行了眼动追踪研究。借助此工具，参与者可以在墨西哥蒙特雷市的历史悠久的火车站外自由行走。两组参与者的路线从建筑物的相对侧开始，他们在使用眼动仪时对它进行了设计。眼动追踪可以识别作为关注对象的建筑元素，观察的时间长度以及观察元素的视角。其他数据收集技术（例如，think-aloud协议和一种特殊类型的调查）被用来深刻理解历史建筑的视觉探索所伴随的体验。结果表明，参与者在一段时间内观察到了不同的建筑元素，既不受用于探索建筑物的路线的影响，也不受该路线起始点的影响。被认为是高品质建筑实例并在行程中被参与者认为在美学上令人愉悦的建筑元素被观察了更长的时间。