MUSAAB SAMI AL-OBEIDY, SHUHANA SHAMSUDDIN, TURKI HASSAN
الملخص العربي
Some places are distinctive through their physical appearance, but nowadays, the lack of building and non-building elements and even changing the existing elements with new, different ones of poor design reduce the significance in recognising or recalling the streets of city centres by the streets' users. As a result, the street has no coherent character and sense of place. The objective of this paper is to identify building and non-building appearances and their roles in giving the sense of place to the commercial streets of Mosul City Centre, Iraq. The case study was conducted in Nineveh Street which is identified as the main commercial street in Mosul City Centre. A mixed method approach is used in this study involving 330 respondents of the survey questionnaire, 30 respondents for in-depth interviews, field observation, and photographic recordings. The result shows that the age, height, and architectural style of buildings in Nineveh Street were the most noticeable aspects of buildings recognised by the respondents, while the location and materials of non-buildings were the most noticeable aspects by the respondents. All these aspects of building and non-building appearance played an important role as a landmark, node, and clarity of direction, as well as in identifying the beginning and ending of the street. These physical appearances and their roles consequently give and enhance the sense of place of Mosul City Centre.
تاريخ النشر
11/11/2014
الناشر
International Conference on Sustainable Urban Design For Livable Cities (SUDLiC 2014)
الكلمات المفتاحية
Building appearance, non-building elements, commercial street, sense of place, legibility.
مصعب سامي يونس العبيدي | Musaab Sami Younus | 10036