Certain built environments can decrease aesthetic appeal. For humans and objects, deviation from typical appearances leads to nonlinear appraisal characterized as the uncanny valley. The first time, it was explored whether an uncanny valley can be found for built environments. In Experiment 1, a cubic N-shaped function of uncanniness plotted against realism of built environments was found, indicating an uncanny valley. Quantitative and qualitative data indicate an association between uncanniness and structural anomalies. Experiment 2 explored distortions leading to uncanniness of indoor places. In Experiment 3, human presence decreased uncanniness of distorted indoor public places but increased uncanniness of private rooms. Taken together, the evidence indicates that deviations from familiar configural patterns drive uncanniness of built physical places. Thus, strong deviations from a built environment's predictable pattern decreases its aesthetic appeal.

某些建筑环境会降低审美吸引力。对于人和物体，偏离典型外观会导致非线性评估，其特征是恐怖谷。第一次是探索是否可以为建筑环境找到一个恐怖谷。在实验 1 中，一个立方N发现了与建筑环境的现实主义相匹配的 形函数，表明了一个恐怖谷。定量和定性数据表明离奇与结构异常之间存在关联。实验 2 探索了导致室内场所诡异的扭曲。在实验 3 中，人的存在减少了扭曲的室内公共场所的神秘感，但增加了私人房间的神秘感。综上所述，证据表明，与熟悉的配置模式的偏差会导致建成的物理场所变得神秘。因此，与建筑环境可预测模式的强烈偏差会降低其审美吸引力。