Designing Iranian urban spaces with the third place localization approach

Neshat Vafaee¹ Arash Baghdadi²

1) Master s degree in Urban Planning, urban design, technical engineering faculty, Islamic Azad University, Quds city branch, Tehran, Iran,
2) Assistant Professor of Urban Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Quds City Branch, Tehran, Iran,

Publication : 8th.International Congress On Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban Development(8icsau.ir)
Abstract :
The sense of place means people s subjective perception of the environment and their more or less conscious feelings about their environment, which places a person in an internal relationship with the environment, so that the understanding and feeling of the person is connected and integrated with the semantic context of the environment. The design of the space depends on the human knowledge of the place and what is called the sense of place. The sense of place means that when people are in the space, they understand something beyond the physical and sensory characteristics and can reach the spirit of the place. A place is a space with meaning, that s why place is defined as a part of the space that is defined by social relations. Thus, the reality of a place is always open to its definition in the heart of a social process. Enlivening and revitalizing lost urban spaces as a third place creates a suitable platform for urban events and social interactions. These spaces have the ability to transform into living and dynamic spaces with the ability to regenerate and the potential established in them, and eventually, with the passage of time, they will transform from a space to a place. Therefore, this article, using the library method, collects information about the third place, urban spaces, and the relationship of the third place in improving urban performance, and as a result of the obtained information, it states that the third place has characteristics such as creating vitality. In urban spaces, creating social security, promoting social encounters, creating a defined space for informal social activities, etc., causes people in the society to be attracted to using urban spaces, which improves the performance of urban spaces and revives this It becomes spaces.
Keywords : place sense of place third place urban spaces.