Investigating the Effect of Tall Buildings on Tehran City Landscape

Abstract

Tall buildings despite their different features and impacts are just defined by their height.<br /> The main problem of defining tall buildings in cities in terms of urban landscape is that this definition<br /> does not have an appropriate relativity, and only includes the investigation of tall buildings based on<br /> their height. Applying the criteria for locating, architecture and height of tall buildings in cities without<br /> considering the mutual impacts of tower and urban landscape and with relying on physical aspects and<br /> ignoring environmental impacts of buildings has developed more problems for the appearance of cities.<br /> In this study we investigated the factors affect the role of tall buildings on landscape of Tehran city in<br /> Iran. In the current study, the dependent variable was the urban landscape of Tehran, and the independent<br /> variables were related to the semantic, aesthetic and visual aspects. Accordingly, the hypotheses of this<br /> study predict whether there is a relationship between tall buildings and urban landscape based on the<br /> semantic, aesthetic and visual aspects. To do so, we selected northern urban views of Tehran. Statistical<br /> population consisted of all families living in northern parts of Tehran. Of this, a sample of 168 subjects was<br /> selected using Cochran formula. Data collection tool was a 5-point likert type questionnaire. Collected<br /> data from participants were analyzed in SPSS software. According to the results, tall buildings of urban<br /> landscape of Tehran have a moderate status. From the perspective of people, the strongest effects of such<br /> buildings are respectively related to four factors of meaning, scale, view and identity.