Abstract
Rehabilitation projects are interventions that can lead to the transformation of the socio-spatial structure of obsolescent neighborhoods. The main intention of such projects is the creation and/or improvement of social interactions after physical and functional interventions. Urban Renewal Organization of Tehran (UROT) is tasked with identification of target obsolescent neighborhoods, preparation of neighborhood development plans and implementation of rehabilitation projects to improve the quality of space and stimulate social interactions. In this paper, three urban spaces in different scales (“micro” for neighborhoods, “meso” for local and “macro” for trans-local scales), designed and implemented by UROT, were selected as a case study. By designing and filling a questionnaire and after analyzing research findings, the effect of the scale of the urban project on different activities was evaluated based on the Gehl model. Overall, in the expanded model based on the scale of space, an inverse ratio between the scale of space and both optional selective and social activities has been revealed.
Highlights
Obsolescent neighborhoods are considered as a part of urban structure in which poverty, deprivation, and failure of urban planningmanagement schemes have led to problems such as deteriorated buildings, service shortages and functional-physical ineffectiveness amongst others
Pertaining to this, the principal aim of this paper is to investigate the importance of the functional scale of urban space in the quality of the relationship between users and space and its effect on users’ satisfaction
In this paper, Gehl’s model was expanded for urban spaces with different functional scales and the effects of scale on the efficacy of urban spaces was analyzed to be used as a tool in the prediction of the results of interventions
Summary
Obsolescent neighborhoods are considered as a part of urban structure in which poverty, deprivation, and failure of urban planningmanagement schemes have led to problems such as deteriorated buildings, service shortages and functional-physical ineffectiveness amongst others. These problems, in a chain process, intensify the obsolescence of local space and reduce the livability in neighborhood. Public space can be described as wellfunctioning if it contains physical qualities and semantic features and encourages social interactions. This place presents as a brand for users and visitors (Reilly & Renski, 2008). Pertaining to this, the principal aim of this paper is to investigate the importance of the functional scale of urban space in the quality of the relationship between users and space and its effect on users’ satisfaction
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