Place Syntax: An “Optimal Area” Selection Methodology Proposed for Pedestrianization

Nassar, Usama A.; El-Samaty, Hosam S.; elzeni, mostafa

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“…William H. Whyte expressed the meaning of sociability through the statement "what attracts people most is other people" (PPS, 2016), which means choosing a place with distinguishing features that encourages community connectivity where one can meet friends, talk to people in groups, and frequently use it. Sociability depends on a strong sense of adaptation to a place where a pleasurable experience comes out of the comfortable feeling of interacting with friends as well as strangers (Latip et al, 2016;U. A. E. Nassar et al, 2018).…”

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“…The quality of urban open spaces is an integral part of a good city's practice since they are involved with people's essential needs, whether these needs involve passive or active engagement or discovery (Carr, Francis, Rivlin, & Stone, 1992; U. A. E. Nassar, El-Samaty, & El-Zeni, 2018;Salama & Azzali, 2015). Furthermore, urban open spaces contribute to enhancing people's well-being, providing satisfying experiences that lead to happiness, comfort, and security (Subramanian & Jana, 2018b;Weijs-Perrée, Dane, & van den Berg, 2020).…”

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Toward A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Quality of Urban Open Spaces

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2022

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Urban open spaces have frequently been a vital destination for people to connect with one another. The efficiency of urban open spaces depends on their social, health, environmental, and economic benefits. However, little attention has been given to the impact of the relationship between the spatial environment and social interactions on the quality of urban open spaces to be vibrant spaces responding to the change in users’ needs. This study examines the integration between placemaking and space syntax approaches where overlapping relationships between the social and spatial aspects are found. This study aims to extract a conceptual framework with specific stages that can be followed for evaluating “quality” in urban open spaces and then can enhance the weaknesses. Thus, it is to direct the designers’ attention to rediscovering social and recreational uses in these spaces according to people’s needs and spatial configurations. The De Lesseps Bay project in Port Said city, in Egypt, was firstly analyzed through a quantitative method using the space syntax tool “DepthmapX” to understand social decisions and behaviors based on the selected spatial indicators, and secondly through a qualitative method using face-to-face interviews and field observations checklists to understand users’ needs in the place using the Pareto principle and a scoring system. The findings revealed the quality indicators of the place as the most needed factors for users such as attractiveness, vitality, clustered and integrated activities, visual appeal, safety, people connectivity, and accessibility. The spatial relations directly affected the “access and image” and “comfort and image” attributes of the placemaking approach, as well as indirectly affected the “uses and activities” and “sociability” attributes. This paper suggests expanding the concept of “quality” to include the comprehensive principles of creating vibrant spaces to continue responding to the change in community needs and renewal of other things in an urban environment.

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Toward A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Quality of Urban Open Spaces

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Criteria to Identify Streets to Be Pedestrianised Near Major Commercial Attractors: The Case Study of the San Benedetto Market in Cagliari (Italy)

Pedilarco,

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2024 Workshops

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Analytical Methodologies Concerning Historic Neighbourhoods for Urban Renewal in Southern Chile. How to Understand the Place to Intervene?

Niehaus

Ibieta

Prieto

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Journal of Architecture and Urbanism

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Historic urban spaces are emplacements that present a particular special interest due to their cultural value and their both urban and architectural pattern. The built environment of cities is composed of a number of variables – anthropic, spatial, morphological, environmental, social, constructive and atmospheric – and all of them must be part of a system that is capable of generating more comfortable and efficient environments. Currently, the work of expert professionals linked to the built environment implies an environmental challenge related to the buildings and their direct harmony with the natural environment; the development of comprehensive plans capable of administering, preserving and protecting historical-heritage constructions in areas susceptible to certain natural disasters; as well as the incorporation of sustainability criteria in urban planning instruments, which is one of the main objectives for regional and state public administrations. This research work intends to propose a comprehensive set of analytical methodologies focused on the morphology of urban blocks, the vitality of the neighbourhood and the functional service life state presented by heritage buildings in order to provide strategies for a proposal for urban regeneration in the case of Barrios Bajos of the city of Valdivia, in southern Chile. This study shows the implications of the proposed methodologies in order to verify their validity and empirically test the application of this type of proposal in one of the historic neighbourhoods of the city of Valdivia, used as a prototype of southern Chile.

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Place Syntax: An “Optimal Area” Selection Methodology Proposed for Pedestrianization

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Toward A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Quality of Urban Open Spaces

Toward A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Quality of Urban Open Spaces

Criteria to Identify Streets to Be Pedestrianised Near Major Commercial Attractors: The Case Study of the San Benedetto Market in Cagliari (Italy)

Analytical Methodologies Concerning Historic Neighbourhoods for Urban Renewal in Southern Chile. How to Understand the Place to Intervene?

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