Cognitive-emotional feasibility of the effect of visual quality of building form on promoting the sense of place attachment(Case study:Cultural iconic buildings of Iran’s contemporary architecture)

The present research studies the relationship between place attachment and the perception of form’s visual quality in fifteen outstanding contemporary Iranian architectural cultural buildings.This study puts forward the hypothesis that there is a correlation between the quality of building form and the sense of place attachment,in the sense that creating high visual quality through enhancing the quality of building form increases citizens’initial satisfaction with and subsequent attachment to the building.High visual quality influences people’s experience of the environment and improves the quality of life.Place attachment highlights how people,on a personal level,recreate a sense of place for themselves.The present study adopts the descriptive-analytical method as its theoretical framework and the survey as the empirical methodology.Questionnaires were developed using the Likert scale and distributed among experts and ordinary citizens.Data analysis using SPSS and the adoption of descriptive-analytical statistics,correlation analysis,and regression showed the relationship among the characteristics of indicators.The results show a positive correlation between form and place attachment mediated through visual quality,and they are causal conditions for one another.In addition,only some of the buildings under study evoke the same level of place attachment.

Exploring visitors’visual perception along the spatial sequence in temple heritage spaces by quantitative GIS methods:a case study of the Daming Temple,Yangzhou City,China

The Daming Temple,built during 457–464 C.E.,is one of the developing ancient temple heritage spaces located in Yangzhou city,P.R.China.Over the past 60 years,variation in visitors’spatial perception along the tour routes in the temple has occurred.This research attempts to reveal the changes in visitors’visual perception along the spatial sequences at 3 different times(i.e.,1962,1973 and 2022).A quantitative GIS-based method,which includes analysing the distribution of visitors’spatial preferences and spatial configuration,is proposed.Digital landscape tools and quantitative estimation methods are used,including mapping within Rhinoceros software,the kernel density estimation(KDE)method within ArcGIS software and spatial syntax analysis within DepthMap software.Extracted geodata from 500 photographs of the heritage space taken by volunteer visitors are analysed within the GIS environment.Values of the mean depth(MD)at both levels of visibility and accessibility are calculated within the visibility graph analysis(VGA)model.Comparisons between the visual preferences of the visitors and the spatial configuration along the spatial sequence are conducted.The results indicate that the spatial sequence has a significant impact on visitors’visual preferences and tour routes.The phenomenon of spatial sequence among dynamic temporal variations and the effects of narrative spaces along the spatial sequence are highlighted and explained,which reveal the relationship between visitors’geospatial preference and the spatial configuration of the temple.Some suggestions are put forwards for further studies on the revitalisation and management of East Asian ancient temple heritage spaces.