Analyzing Privacy Perception in Space Configuration of Contemporary Residential Complexes with a Space Syntax Approach (Case Study: Aseman-E Tabriz Residential Complex)

Subject Areas : Architecture and urbanization

solmaz babazade oskouei ¹ , sahar toofan ² , siroos jamali ³

1 - PhD Candidate of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Department of Architecture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Department of Architecture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2018-10-10 Accepted : 2019-05-11 Published : 2020-06-21

Keywords: Residential Complex, Space Syntax, Spatial Configuration, privacy, spatial relations,

Abstract :

The present research aims to analyze the mutual relationship between space configuration, space depth and architectural space relations in privacy perception in order to identify the hidden pattern and social structures of relationships in one of the contemporary residential complexes in Tabriz. “Depth” and “integration” are among the important parameters in privacy perception, which have been studied via drawing justified graphs and output of numerical variables in the specialized space syntax software. Space syntax technique is in fact the investigation of the relationship of every space unit in a set in the neighboring space; through knowing social structure of the relationships of the components, the pattern of systematic activities and also the semantic load and spatial relationships can be obtained. The research methodology of the present descriptive-analytica study is information analysis and of logical reasoning type. The qualitative and quantitative methods are employed in the formulation of the theoretical framework and the analysis of maps and modeling, respectively. The research results on 11 types of different plans from the residential units of this complex revealed the relationship between architectural space relations and configuration of architectural body and spatial depth in the definition for privacy. Moreover, the appropriate spatial relationships for achieving more privacy can be defined in order to be used in the plan design of condemnatory complexes.

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