Urban design factors involved in the aesthetic assessment of newly built environments and their incorporation into legislation

The case of Istanbul

Bibliographic Data

ID19401320
AuthorsAzadeh Rezafar (0000-0002-0266-4826, Istanbul Technical University), Şevkiye Şence Türk (0000-0002-0109-7794, Istanbul Technical University)
Year2018
Volume29
Issue2
Pages83-95
Publication date2018-12-13
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrbani izziv (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0353-6483 • E-ISSN: 1855-8399
PublisherUrban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (PUBLISHER • SI)
DOI10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2018-29-02-002
OpenAlexW2904858305
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited9

Newly built environments in cities whose features have changed due to neoliberal policies and priorities have often been criticized for their lack of aesthetic qualities. This criticism has made the aesthetic assessment of such environments more important, raising two crucial questions: how such an assessment can be performed, and how it can be incorporated into legislation. This article focuses on both questions in the case of Istanbul by determining and ranking formal aesthetic factors using factor and ANOVA analyses of the results of a survey conducted with three different sampling groups (scholars, designers, and officials) in Istanbul in 2017. The results of the analyses show that scholars' views in evaluating urban formal aesthetics are different from those of officials and designers. In addition, the analyses reveal that "character and identity", "green design", and "incompatibility between identity and design" are three important factors affecting urban formal aesthetics in newly built environments. These results are then followed by a discussion on how these factors can be incorporated into legislation in the case of Istanbul

Architectural engineering · Business · Civil engineering · Environmental planning · Geography · Legislation · Political science · Urban design · Urban Environment · Urban planning · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Engineering · Law

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