An exploration of the relationships between urban building façade visual elements and people’s preferences in the city of Gorgan, Iran

Sadeghifar, Mostafa; Pazhouhanfar, Mahdieh; Farrokhzad, Mohammad

doi:10.1080/17452007.2018.1548340

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“…Wood carving decoration is essential to traditional Malay vernacular architecture and can express visual values (Ahmad et al, 2015). A study exploring the relationship between visual elements of urban building façades and people's preferences found that three visual elements -colour, shape and proportion-were positive predictors of preference (Sadeghifar et al 2019). People's attention is focused on buildings that exhibit significant differences in colour (Liu et al, 2022).…”

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Visual attention predictive model of built colonial heritage based on visual behaviour and subjective evaluation

Wu,

Li,

Xia

et al. 2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Although physiological measurements, subjective evaluation and other methods have been applied to visual attention research, architects still lack a systematic quantitative classification method when assessing the visual attention to built colonial heritage. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between people’s visual behaviour and subjective evaluation when observing built colonial heritage and to construct a prediction model based on eye-movement metrics and subjective evaluation indicators to distinguish the visual attention to built colonial heritage. This study recorded data from 54 participants while observing five scenes of built colonial heritage, and the results showed that participants had different visual behaviours and subjective evaluations when viewing built colonial heritage in different scenes. And visual attention to built colonial heritage was negatively correlated with the average saccades peak velocity and average saccades amplitude and positively correlated with the average pupil diameter; visual attention was correlated with 12 subjective evaluation indicators. The eye-movement metrics and subjective evaluation indicators with correlation to visual attention were used as input variables to construct a prediction model of visual attention to built colonial heritage based on the BP neural network. Different built colonial heritage’s low, middle and high visual attention were identified with high accuracy (74.46%). This quantitative method can help architects to measure the visual attention to built colonial heritage to develop conservation and renewal strategies.

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Visual attention predictive model of built colonial heritage based on visual behaviour and subjective evaluation

Wu,

Li,

Xia

et al. 2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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“…The design of residential building facades plays a crucial role in shaping the urban environment and people's daily experiences [28]. Aesthetically pleasing facades contribute to the overall attractiveness of a city, while unappealing ones can have the opposite effect [29].…”

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Enhancing Citizens’ Perceived Restoration Potential of Green Facades through Specific Architectural Attributes

Hajibeigi,

Pazhouhanfar,

Grahn

et al. 2023

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Research on restorative environments has suggested green facades as a promising model for natural spaces in urban and densely populated areas. However, the impact of architectural design attributes of green building facades on perceived restoration potential is insufficiently researched. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between architectural design attributes of green building facades and perceived restoration potential. A discrete choice experiment was used. First, seven architectural design attributes (Value, Symmetry, Material, Balcony, Variety, Configuration, and Shape) were identified based on the Content Identifying Method. In the next step, a sample of 204 participants randomly selected a block and evaluated the perceived restoration potential of six pairs of designed images of different green facade scenarios based on the seven architectural design attributes. The results showed that low diversity in greenery was associated with greater influence, and people chose asymmetric greenery more often. Horizontal and scattered greenery was preferred over vertical and concentrated greenery, which had no significant effect on perceived restoration potential. Stone and cement used in green facades were the most influential factors in perceived restoration potential. These findings can aid designers in designing the green facade of residential buildings to increase perceived restoration potential.

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“…Pleasure values drop sharply when buildings are three times the height of trees, because the height reduces the overall harmony with the surroundings and reduces visual comfort. Sadeghifar, Pazhouhanfar, and Farrokhzad (2019) found that proportion (height, width, etc.) has a significant effect on people's preference for buildings, in a study of the correlation between visual elements of urban architecture and people's preferences.…”

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The influence of newly built high-rise buildings on visual impact assessment of historic urban landscapes: a case study of Xi’an Bell Tower

Chen

Wang

et al. 2021

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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An exploration of the relationships between urban building façade visual elements and people’s preferences in the city of Gorgan, Iran

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

Visual attention predictive model of built colonial heritage based on visual behaviour and subjective evaluation

Visual attention predictive model of built colonial heritage based on visual behaviour and subjective evaluation

Enhancing Citizens’ Perceived Restoration Potential of Green Facades through Specific Architectural Attributes

The influence of newly built high-rise buildings on visual impact assessment of historic urban landscapes: a case study of Xi’an Bell Tower

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