Impact of In-between Spaces on Residential Environment QualityA Case Study on Public Housing in Kerman

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Mahdiyeh Moeini ¹ , Alireza Einifar ²

1 - Ph. D. Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Architecture,University College of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2011-01-24 Accepted : 2011-08-10 Published : 2012-01-01

Keywords: residential environment qualit, In-Between Spaces, Residential satisfaction, Public Housing,

Abstract :

Decreasing qualitative aspects of residential environments is a real problem in recent public housing of Kerman. Thisarticle is concentrated on surveying the impact of in-between spaces on residential environments quality (REQ), to evaluatedifferent kinds of it and to determine interrelation of two main components: residents individual characteristics andcharacteristics of in-between spaces. Levels ofin-between spaces include empirical-aesthetic, performance and environmental characteristics to determine degreesof residents satisfaction (RSAT). Eighteen selected components of in-between spaces quality (ISQ) assess the RSATdegrees in three residential environments of Kerman. Needed data obtained from structured interviews with residents andobservation checklists. A direct relationship found between RSAT and ISQ in all three surveyed residential environments.The REQ index is highly and positively correlated with satisfaction of the three levels of in-between spaces and residentsindividual characteristics such as ownership and residential period.