An analytical study on the amount of visual dominance of high-rise buildings on the surrounding texture (Case study: The adjacent residential texture with the Alton Tower, Mashhad)
Subject Areas : Creative City Design
Mohammad Amin Ahmadi Bonakdar
1
,
Amidoleslam Saghatoleslami
2
1 - PhD candidate in urban design and planning and lecturer in urban planning, Vahdat Institute of Higher Education, Torbat-e Jam, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Urbanism, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University,Mashhad, Iran.
Keywords: High-rise building, Visual dominance, Privacy, Rhino software,
Abstract :
In recent decades, there has been a great desire for high-rise buildings in the texture of different cities of the country. This phenomenon has advantages in the case of weakness in the principles of planning and design, as well as negative effects. The issues related to high-rise buildings include their location and adaption to the surrounding urban texture. Among these, an important issue is the visual dominance of high-rise buildings on the surrounding spaces and buildings, which violates the privacy of the surrounding buildings, especially residential buildings. A review of research shows that few studies have investigated applied methods to analyze high-rise building visual dominance on the surrounding texture. The most important goal of the present study is to analyze the visual dominance of high-rise buildings in relation to the surrounding texture by providing a practical method. The present simulation and modeling method is used in a two-step process using GIS and Rhino software and the Grasshopper plugin for data analysis. The visual dominance of the Alton Tower in Mashhad is studied and analyzed as a sample in the present study. The results of the present study include introducing the analysis method and steps in examining the visual dominance level of high-rise buildings on the surrounding texture. Moreover, recommendations are provided to minimize the visual dominance level of high-rise buildings on the surrounding texture.