Feasibility study of improving the level of vitality in university open space from the perspective of space users by structural equation modeling method

Azemati, S.; Saleh Sedghpour, Bahram

doi:10.22061/jsaud.2020.6638.1693

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

S. Azemati ¹
Bahram Saleh Sedghpour ²

¹ Assistant Prof, Department of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad Uni. ,East Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

² Associate Prof, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training Uni.

10.22061/jsaud.2020.6638.1693

Abstract

Methods In the first part, the purpose of identifying and prioritizing vitality indices in academic open spaces was carried out by hierarchical analysis method. The present study was conducted in two phases (AHP) and R factor analysis in SPSS software in a qualitative and quantitative manner. The research population was comprised of the first part of all architectural and urban planning specialists who had open-ended interviews with purposeful sampling and snowball technique with 15 experts. Then, by acquiring the main research priorities from the previous stage, a new questionnaire was developed and randomly clustered by 341 students in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Development and Civil Engineering at the Iranian University. The data were analyzed using R factor analysis, and the data were analyzed using inferential descriptive statistics.Result: The results of this research indicate that social, physical, design and psychological dimensions of the environment are influential.
Discusion and Conclusion: The first part illustrates that the social, physical, design and psychological dimensions of the environment are involved in the design of university open spaces. Also the components of flexibility in human behavior, spatial diversity, the effect of physical comfort on physical comfort, relationship between artificial and formal space with sociable and individual space, human behavior formation with environmental arrays and the presence of nature and lively environment were extracted from the user questionnaire. Was done.

Keywords

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Feasibility study of improving the level of vitality in university open space from the perspective of space users by structural equation modeling method

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Volume 9, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
November 2021
Pages 227-215

Feasibility study of improving the level of vitality in university open space from the perspective of space users by structural equation modeling method

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Volume 9, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2November 2021Pages 227-215

Volume 9, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
November 2021
Pages 227-215