چکیده:
This paper intends to highlight one of the key concerns of housing designers i.e. the influence of open space on human satisfaction as well as their attachment to a particular place. Consequently, neighborhood open spaces with their meaningful layout seem to be constituent elements of residential complexes. Although, architects and designers try to create qualitative areas among buildings, the function of open spaces has not fully been defined yet. As such, the current research aims not merely to elaborate on the role of open spaces, rather tries to propose designing criteria for residential complexes. Based on previous researches, the paper has investigated open space characteristics by taking into account Ekbatan residential complex in the west of Tehran metropolis, hence; proposed a model with effective variables. A survey was done after randomly selecting household samples there. Findings demonstrated the principal role of open spaces in the attachment to neighborhood. Security and quietness were the two other important criterions for those residents. Based on these findings, it can be said that the physical attributes play two roles in the neighborhood attachment; first, they facilitate social activities and provide opportunities to develop social attachment and second, enhance architectural attributes including aestheticism and density.
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In other words, researchers come across many similar notions and term in the course of their studies such as community attachment (Kasarda & Janowitz, 1974), sense of community (Sarason, 1974), place attachment (Gerson et al.
It is believed that perception, cognition and affect are in fact the Fig. 1: The environmental meaning model Refrence:Gustafson:2001 basic bio-psychological constituents of environmental meaning which has been conceptualized as either place preference (Porteous, 1996; Ryan, 2000), place symbolism (Rapoport, Ali Javan Forouzande; Ghasem Motallebi (رجوع شود به تصویر صفحه) Activity Sense of Place Meanings Physical Setting Constituent elements of place in neighborhood open spaces In order to examine the proposed site design including the layout of the residential building in Ekbatan neighborhood in Tehran metropolis and the way it affects the social interaction among people, one particular aspect such as the built environment i.
Table 7 shows the correlation between activities, architectural attributes and environmental meanings- including interest, satisfaction, social identity and neighborhood attachment.
From the point of residents, too, the variables like building architecture (especially with its aesthetic aspect) and the extent of open space (including its confined spaces and distinct areas) play the most effective roles in creating the attachment.
Drawing on model proposed by Punter (1991) and Montgomery (1998), results show the importance of meaning in neighborhood open spaces compare with other place constituents (activity and physical setting).
1. Physical role: From this perspective, building architecture (including aesthetic, density and volume aspects) and the extent of open spaces play important role in creating neighborhood attachment.