Psychology of the Architectural Ambience and Women's Sense of Security in Environment Urban

Subject Areas : Art and Architecture

Pedram Hessari ¹ , Maryam Seyf Shojaei ² , Parisa Noormohammadi ³

1 - 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ayatollah Boroujerdi University, Boroujerd, Iran
2 - 2. M. A., Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
3 - Architecture Graduate, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Faculty of Technical and Engineering, Torbat Heydarieh University, Khorasan e Razavi, Iran

Received: 2024-07-21 Accepted : 2024-09-10 Published : 2024-09-14

Keywords: Psychology of architectural ambience, Sense of security, Urban environment,

Abstract :

The research was purposed to study the psychology of the architectural ambience and women's sense of security in urban environment. The statistical universe of the research included all the psychology and urban environment related to women's security texts. The sample encased all text concerning the psychology of architectural ambience and women's sense of security. The research method was descriptive analytical. To collect data library method and accessible document and references were processed. The results revealed that the indicators of the desired quality of the walls and the permeability of the bodies, readability and familiarity with the neighborhood, natural monitoring of the spaces, the ability to walk and lighting and suitable urban furniture were among the factors that affect women's sense of security when they were in urban spaces. Also, environmental psychological factors including furniture arrangement (lighting arrangement), color, acoustic (sound in office spaces), lighting, quality of sidewalks, vegetation, visible role of the environment, transportation, physical environment and accessibility. adaptability, readability and clarity of routes, access, urban furniture, type of material texture and surrounding body (in urban environment) were important and effective indicators which increased women's sense of security when using the urban environment. The use and appropriateness of public spaces for women's safety is an important issue that in recent years, women's social security in architectural spaces has been considered due to its direct impact on their participation and well-being in society.

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