Investigating the Role of Architectural Forms on the Activity of "Walking" of Citizens as a Behavioral Model in Urban Physical Spaces

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Hazhir Rasoulpour, Masoud Mamandi

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The present study has evaluated the effect of architectural forms on the walking activity of citizens as a behavioral model in urban physical spaces. The research hypothesis claims that by designing purposeful and appropriate architectural forms, the behavior and actions of users in urban physical spaces can be to some extent, it designed or controlled, and that the pattern and domains of human behavior in urban streets are the result of the components of environmental quality that are included in the design of that street. The present theoretical proposition has been tested in two sequences from Valiasr Street in Tehran. At the theoretical level, the research method is descriptive-analytical and at the experimental level, it is a survey that has been done using the behavioral research method. The results show that the floor form and street form are the most influential architectural forms in urban physical spaces on the activity of users walking from space in the study sample. Also, some environmental factors have a direct effect on human reactions; The research findings show that people's speed is directly related to the dimensions of sidewalk carpets and a person tries to take a step according to the senses he receives from the sidewalk flooring form and as a result his speed changes according to those forms.

Keywords: architectural forms, behavioral patterns, physical spaces, city.

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Hazhir Rasoulpour, Masoud Mamandi. (2020-07-13). "Investigating the Role of Architectural Forms on the Activity of "Walking" of Citizens as a Behavioral Model in Urban Physical Spaces." *Volume 3*, 3, 1-8