Research Paper

Increasing Citizen Participation in Urban Space Design with Utilizing the Place Check Technique (Case Study: Tehran’s Monirieh Neighborhood)

Khayatpour M, Ranjbar N E 

J. Art Arch. Stud., 4(1): 01-08, 2015; pii:S238315531500001-4

Abstract

The undeniable role in solving the problems of urban society, the necessity participation of people in the formulation of urban design techniques that comfortably be used by anyone to become a professional concerned in this field. Urban Design created good urban places and improve the quality of existing places, always is needed action to assess the quality of public spaces. Place check Technique is one of the new techniques of urban design is to people participation and ordinary citizens in urban environmental assessment has been developed. The purpose of this research process, methods and tools of place check in the creation of citizen participation in urban design. The case study of this research is Monirieh neighborhood located on region 11 of Tehran Municipality. In this study, we collected observational data, questionnaires and field studies with data analysis software environment and preparing tables and graphs to analyze the issue has been dealt. Statistical deduced of the data revealed that, use of these techniques can be effective factors in creating and increasing citizen participation is in Tehran public spaces and using this method, effect on measures to enhance the quality of urban public spaces.

Keywords: Citizens Participation, Place check, Tehran, Monirieh neighborhood

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Research Paper

Analysis of the International Exhibitions of the Contemporary Architectural Typology and Its Impact on Urban Development.

Sajadi SA, Talischi GH

J. Art Arch. Stud., 4(1): 09-17, 2015; pii:S238315531500002-4

Abstract

Exhibitions as the public spaces in the city are simultaneously centres of economic, social, and cultural, etc. activities with a comprehensive overview can be stated that the exhibitions are urban mixed uses manifested in a complex building. These spaces are born in the industrial age, and have developed a dramatic record in the history of contemporary architecture. Today, in concurrent with the development of industrial societies and the transition to post industrial era, the need to construct such spaces in various scales associated with other spaces in the city has been doubled. In this way, the exhibition architecture features represents the latest enhancement of contemporary technologies and are considered as a real plot of developments in contemporary architecture. From a sensitive aspect, architecture exhibition have a significant part in determining the application of new technologies in developing cities. These research efforts to develop guideline for architectural design of contemporary exhibitions and its relationship to urban development that is conducted through study of the typological characteristics of contemporary exhibitions architecture. Therefore, this study initially has formed typology theoretical framework using archival and library research. In this regard, using the method of interpretation- historical , review of documents and similar experiences in the world, effective indicators , standards and typology indices have been developed. This research showed that using three macro, mid and micro levels and also nine useful indicators using the more important indicators to designing. And planning purposes), a systematic process can be achieved to exhibition and typology. And we finally concluded that the exhibition in associated with urban development can be divided in to two general types.

Keywords: Exhibitions, Indicators, New Technology, Typology of Architecture, Urban Development.

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