Explaining the Cognitive Aspects of Elderly's Space Perception in Architecture based on Age, Gender and Length of Residence

Subject Areas : Architecture

Farnaz Cheraghifar ¹ , Soltanzadeh Hossein ² , Hadi Ghoddusifar ³

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, South Tehran, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Central Tehran, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture, South Tehran, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2021-02-27 Accepted : 2021-07-07 Published : 2021-10-01

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