Analyzing and Specifying the Mechanism of Temporary Landscape

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Maryam Cheshmehghasabani ¹ , Hassanali Laghai ² , Farah Habib ³

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

Received: 2015-10-28 Accepted : 2017-02-13 Published : 2017-12-01

Keywords: Temporary landscape, Creating meaning, Quality of space,

Abstract :

Although it has physical effects, temporary landscape as a new issue provides various potentialas a place events that can’t be ignored because of wide range effects on promoting and upgrading the quality ofspace. The purpose of this study is to analyze the status and mechanism of temporary landscape. As a basic andpractical research, it is done by using the correlation method and descriptive-analytic approach using documentsand the researcher’s studies. The mechanism of temporary landscape is specified by logical reasoning. The resultsof the research show that the components of temporary landscapes include fixed, semifixed and nonfixed (moving)components. Temporary landscapes in various range types as events, disasters and second elevations, by theirenriched or corrosive functions can create a new experience, as a stimulus. Therefore they leads to consciousand unconscious social actions. So they can affect people's perception of the space. On the other hand temporarylandscapes can create the meaning of space and affects the quality of space. Therefore they can cause a spacedistinction that lead to create a unique space.

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