COMPOSITIONS OF OPEN SPACES IN URBAN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

Evaluating Age-Friendly City Indicators in Qazvin: Urban Open Spaces, Buildings and Public Places

Background As the population pyramid in Iran shifts to aging and the influence of environmental conditions on the elderly people, The need to pay attention to the foundations of well-being, security and comfort is felt more than ever.  Objective The present study aimed at evaluating the urban open spaces and public buildings/places of Qazvin city in Iran as indicators of an age-friendly city b...

Isolation Trends of Urban Open Spaces

Urban open spaces are invaluable assets in maintaining ecological health in a highly developed urban matrix. Unfortunately, habitat values and ecological quality of these areas are often challenged by consecutive urbanization. The assessment of changing structure and function of an urban open space system is crucial in maintaining livable cities. General characteristics and types of open spaces...

Relationship between soundscapes and landscape factors in urban commercial spaces

This study aims to explore the relationship between soundscape and landscape factors in commercial spaces. Commercial pedestrian streets in Seoul, Korea were selected in order to include various sound and visual elements in urban commercial spaces. In site evaluation of soundscape were performed in the case study areas. Perceptual and physical acoustic environments in the commercial area were a...

Common Spaces of Multi-Commercial Complexes from Urban Sustainability

In contemporary society, multi-commercial complexes have been developed in various ways according to the circumstances and historical situation of different cities with a vision to implement sustainability. Design direction centered on public and common spaces proposed in recent commercial complexes has shown a tendency to perform beyond its original role, not only supporting private space, but...

Solar Heating in Commercial Buildings