Evaluating Citizens' Vitality Rate Based on Physical and Activity Components in Arts and Culture Centers (Case Study: The Khatam-al Anbiya Art and Culture Complex, Rasht, Iran)

Subject Areas : Creative City Design

Rahebeh Sabouri Halestani ¹ , Hossein Safari ²

1 - Department of Architecture, Academic center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Rasht, Iran
2 - Department of Architecture, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.

Received: 2021-12-20 Accepted : 2022-02-12 Published : 2021-10-01

Keywords: Physical And Activity Components, vitality, Rasht, Art cultural centers, Khatam-al Anbiya Art Cultural Complex,

Abstract :

In recent decades, urbanization and its problems have led to the decline of vitality and vivacity in the urban space. Therefore, vitality is an essential component of sustainable development. Also, cultural spaces, as part of public spaces, are considered suitable for social interactions and sustainable society. This study evaluates citizens' vitality using physical and activity components in arts and culture centers. To that end, an inferentialdescriptive method including observation and electronic questionnaires was used to analyze the Khatam-al Anbiya Art Cultural Complex in Rasht, Iran. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS (ver. 22). Cronbach's alpha was used for reliability estimation. The estimated reliability (0.889) indicated the reliability of the questionnaire. The results indicated a direct relationship between citizens' vitality rate and physical and activity components of arts and culture centers. It can be concluded that among physical components, access and security, and among activity components, activity diversity, engaging activities, and festivals have a more significant effect on creating vitality in citizens when attending the Khatam-al Anbiya Art Cultural Complex.