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.
Highlights
Nowadays, cities are faced with a big problem in the field of urban planning
Some definitions of unused urban space emphasize the emptiness of the terrain, compared to the surrounding built environment, the fact that they are not occupied by neither people nor construction and infrastructure [2]
Urban identity crisis is disturbingly feeling despite the importance of this subject in recent years [3]
Summary
Cities are faced with a big problem in the field of urban planning. The subject of identity and urban identity is one of the subjects which are very important due to its role in identifying people. Considering the importance of this subject and since most urban lost spaces lack identity and desirable function for users nowadays, the present paper tried to consider the succeeded rate of one of the recovery plans of identity in these spaces using descriptive-analytical method and library studies (taking notes) and field method (observation, interview, questionnaire and etc.) and presenting some criteria which give identity
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