Evaluating the Succeeded Rate of Reviving Identity Plans of Lost Spaces Using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (The Center of Akhoond District)

Abstract

Lost urban spaces are unique spaces inside the city which have not been used at all or significantly. In other words, they are unpleasant urban areas which have no positive relationship with surrounding environment and users in redesigning process of spaces. Hence, organization and reclamation of lost and left spaces through performance injection from resources and wealth which give identity is a part of technologies which can be experienced and tested by experts in order to provide places for presence, spending time, observing and be seen from these excluded urban spaces. With this description and the importance of the subject, the present paper sought to introduce urban lost spaces and consider criteria in order to revive identity in these spaces using Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) model and also to consider the succeeded level of the recovery plan of identity in Akhoond district in Qazvin using a descriptive-analytical method. The results of the present study indicated that the recovery plan of identity in Akhoond district was not successful due to the lack of attention to main criteria of giving identity to spaces and it has not transferred identity, mobility and fixation to its residents.

Constructing an Analytical-based Model for User Satisfaction towards Under Bridge Spaces within the Egyptian Urban Fabric

“…Several assessment approaches have been developed to transform an under-bridge space into a functional public space [4] [28] [9] [29] based on physical space dimensions [30], nature of the overcome obstacle [11], the link between bridge and ground [12], traffic flow, infrastructure type, the influence of infrastructure on the superstructure, the functions and the urban impact. Some assessment approaches were quantitative, like the Analytical Hierarchy method [30] [31], and others were qualitative. However, the joint assessment was qualitative, focusing on the integration of bridge construction and the impact of developed spaces nearby by the community [4] [10] [23] [37].…”