Reviewing the Color Qualities of Urban Parks in order to Improve the Environmental Aesthetic Quality (Case study: Narges Park, District 18 of Tehran Municipality)

Subject Areas : Environmental acriculture

Sara Ahmadi ¹ (M.Sc. Environmental Design, Department of Environmental Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Nasim Sahraei Nejad ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. *(Corresponding Author) )
Hossein Mosavi Fatemi ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2021-07-19 Accepted : 2022-12-28 Published : 2024-06-21

Keywords: Park, Color, Aesthetic Qualities, Urban Landscape.,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Urban landscape is one of the essential elements of daily urban life and the most important part of cities, and they are considered an important part of public spaces and representation of modern urban life and environments for recreation, leisure and social and cultural life. Therefore, paying attention to the visual and aesthetic qualities of these landscapes can have an effective role on the vitality and mental health of citizens and ultimately lead to achieving the urban landscapes sustainability. In the meantime, color as one of the most important visual elements can have an active and effective expression in the aesthetic qualities of a city's landscape. Color qualities in urban spaces can create a distinct and powerful identity and give people the ability to easily separate spaces and to separate different spaces from each other. Therefore, it can be claimed that the improvement of aesthetic qualities requires harmonious, diverse and meaningful use of the element of color. Unfortunately, today our cities are suffering from color poverty and the fundamental use of this powerful and valuable element in urban landscapes has been largely neglected. In this regard, the Narges Park in district 18 of Tehran municipality was selected as a case study in this research and the purpose of this research is to review the color qualities of this park in order to improve its aesthetic qualities. Material and Methodology: This research studies and examines the main components related to color theory, which includes color attributes, color contrast, and color composition, in order to determine the effectiveness of each of these factors on the improvement of aesthetic qualities in Using these factors, the environment should redesign the Narges park with the aim of improving its aesthetic qualities. The research method is a descriptive-survey type, and its data collection tools are library and field (questionnaire and survey), and the data collected in the stage of knowing the scope of the study by using the SWOT technique and the data collected through a questionnaire from It will be analyzed through SPSS version 21 software. Findings: The results show that the composition of colors with a beta coefficient of 0/31, the use of contrast with a coefficient of 0/22, and the appropriate use of color attributes with a coefficient of 0/19 can influence the improvement of the aesthetic qualities of Narges park and can add space to the space and give unity and make it distinct and identity from the surrounding spaces. Discussion and Conclusion: Finally, based on the results, it has been tried to provide suitable solutions for redesigning and finally a strategic plan in this park, and according to the results of this research, it has been tried to focus more on the arrangement and combination of colors and their use together in the proposed plan.

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