Influences of new high-rise buildings on visual preference evaluation of original urban landmarks：a case study in Shanghai, China

Zhao, Mengmeng; Zhang, Jian; Cai, Jun

doi:10.1080/13467581.2020.1729769

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“…City planning also came to the fore as one of the important considerations affecting tall timber residential projects. This finding was supported by many studies, e.g., [33,[40][41][42], highlighting similar topics such as the integration of the city and high-rise buildings, the harmony of tall buildings with the urban fabric, and the creation of spaces with high-rise buildings through urban design analysis.…”

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Main Design Considerations and Prospects of Contemporary Tall Timber Apartment Buildings: Views of Key Professionals from Finland

2021

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As a result of increasing urbanization, the need for sustainable housing, e.g., tall (over eight-story) timber apartments, is increasing in Finland. Leveraging the experience of key Finnish professionals plays a significant role in the transition and expansion of sustainable timber housing as an essential part of the forest-based bioeconomy. This interview-based study will serve to fill a gap by examining the views of key professionals with experience in tall timber residential construction, using Finland as a case study. The 21 interviews primarily highlighted that: (1) the construction cost was the most important parameter affecting the architectural and structural design; (2) the most critical consideration influencing the overall design was reported to be the structural system selection and structural design, followed by city planning and client control; (3) key professionals assessed the building’s form and the main dimensions of the building’s mass as the most significant parameters affected by timber construction; (4) the main structural considerations that needed to be developed for tall timber housing were the bracing solutions and fittings, the structures of the intermediate floors, and load-bearing vertical/partition structures; (5) construction preconceptions, the lack of cost-competitiveness, and the lack of construction expertise/actors were considered to be major obstacles; (6) the most important parameters for the future of tall timber apartment buildings were reported to be education, timber construction marketing and public awareness, land delivery conditions, the unification of public administration, and financial support; (7) tall timber building design was reported to be a complex subject that requires close collaboration, especially between the architect, the structural designer and the wood supplier. This paper will help us to understand the boundary conditions affecting the design, the development needs in solutions, the importance of design parameters, the design parameters affected by timber construction, and the prospects, measures and obstacles to tall timber apartments from the perspectives of key Finnish professionals, thereby aiding the sound planning and development of tall timber housing projects.

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Main Design Considerations and Prospects of Contemporary Tall Timber Apartment Buildings: Views of Key Professionals from Finland

2021

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“…Furthermore, the skyline of Lujiazui in Shanghai, China, is very representative of the city's skyline. Scholars such as ZHAO M and others have used Shanghai's Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower and the Shanghai Center Tower as the objects of their research to analyse the assessment of a high-rise building's visual preference for the city's landmarks and its surrounding architectural complexes, which suggests that a city's highland and low-lying areas can win the visual attention and acceptance of sightseeing visitors [48]. Shanghai's city skyline is not only famous for its high-rise buildings but also for its eyecatching lights at night to attract tourists.…”

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A Study on the Regional Evolution of the Hefei Political and Cultural New District Skyline Based on Exploratory Factor Analysis and Semantic Segmentation

Zhang,

Yuan

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The general population’s assessment and perception of a city can be influenced by its skyline, which is one of its representatives. This paper uses semantic segmentation and exploratory factor analysis to conduct a study from two different perspectives, aiming to analyse the development and current situation of the skyline of Hefei’s political and cultural new district. By collecting pictures of the skyline of the New Administrative and Cultural District, the New Administrative and Cultural District of Hefei’s skyline is being studied for overall changes using the semantic segmentation method, and to evaluate the quality of the skyline in various years, the entropy weight–TOPSIS is employed. Through the literature investigation and creation status of the new political and cultural district, the index system is scientifically formulated to conduct a questionnaire survey, and its reliability and validity are tested. This study is conducted with exploratory factor analysis of factors that are vital in the city skyline. The results of this study show that (1) after the semantic segmentation of the pictures, it is found that the proportion of buildings and the proportion of vegetation are both rising; the proportion of buildings tends to level off after 2018, and the proportion of vegetation shows a uniform increase. In the relative proximity ranking, the overall trend is increasing, and the skyline is ranked first in 2024. (2) Two variables were identified based on the findings of the exploratory factor analysis: ‘skyline value’ and ‘neighbourhood ecological quality’. The results of this study show that the skyline of Hefei’s New Administrative and Cultural District in 2024 is the best overall, and that the skyline of the New Administrative and Cultural District has developed into one of the city images of Hefei, and that its optimisation can be considered in terms of the “quality of the surrounding ecological environment”.

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“…On this basis, the data were further analyzed with multiple linear regression models. These analytical methods are also widely used in similar studies (Wang and Zhao 2017;Zhao, Zhang, and Cai 2020).…”

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Visual preference evaluation on urban landmarks in the process of urbanization: a case study of Shanghai Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower

Zhao

Zhang

Cai

2020

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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In the context of China's fast urbanization, the background of urban landmarks is constantly changing, which provides useful examples for the study of visual preference evaluation of urban landmarks. With the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower as research object, the pictures of 24 years were used as the research material, and the height ratio, building density, distance, and volume of the surrounding buildings were set as the physical characteristics to be studied. Photo stimulation experiments were conducted with participants of different demographic characteristics, the results of which were analyzed accordingly. The analytical results indicate that the height ratio, building density, distance, volume of Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower's surrounding buildings are the main factors that influence people's visual preference evaluation; people of different demographic characteristics (gender, age, growth experience) pay different attention to the height ratio, building density, distance, volume, and render different emotional and aesthetic responses to the fast change of this urban landmark and its surroundings. This research provides a valuable reference to urban landmark design and the development strategy of urban planning.

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Influences of new high-rise buildings on visual preference evaluation of original urban landmarks：a case study in Shanghai, China

Cited by 10 publications

References 39 publications

Main Design Considerations and Prospects of Contemporary Tall Timber Apartment Buildings: Views of Key Professionals from Finland

Main Design Considerations and Prospects of Contemporary Tall Timber Apartment Buildings: Views of Key Professionals from Finland

A Study on the Regional Evolution of the Hefei Political and Cultural New District Skyline Based on Exploratory Factor Analysis and Semantic Segmentation

Visual preference evaluation on urban landmarks in the process of urbanization: a case study of Shanghai Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower

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