CHARACTERISTIC OF SPATIAL CONFIGURATION: ITS ROLE IN USER PERCEPTION IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE (Duhok city architecture as a case study)

KHABAT MUHAMMED AMIN  AHMED; ASMA HASAN TAHA AL-DABBAGH AL-DABBAGH

KHABAT MUHAMMED AMIN AHMED *Dept. of Architecture, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region–Iraq
ASMA HASAN TAHA AL-DABBAGH AL-DABBAGH *Dept. of Architecture, College of Engineering, University of Mosul–Iraq

Keywords: Spatial configuration, syntactic, geometric, perception, build environment

Abstract

Spatial configuration as a phenomenon in architecture plays a crucial role in shaping the function, and ease of use, which affects user perception or may be influenced by user experience to form interactions that lead to an understanding of the built environment and then spatial configuration. This research paper was prepared in a way that aims to discover the influence of the user’s perception on characteristics of the built environment and the latter’s influence on the user’s perception. Through research into several previous studies, were able to identify a set of concepts that are directly related to the idea of spatial configuration and classified them into three types according to their characteristics: Syntactic characteristic is represented by (Integration). Geometric characteristic is represented by (Scale). Perceptual characteristics consist of (attention, Semantics, Visual communication, Ethics, Guidance, Meaning, Challenges, Materiality, and Vitality). These characteristics are used in measuring several cultural-educational and administration buildings in Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, through the results of these methods. The first method is space syntax theory, The second method is a traditional analysis through mathematical calculations selected for this purpose. and the third is user participation in a questionnaire. Then, a comparison of the final result of the three methods. In the end, it was found that the form of the relationship between these characteristics is a directional nature. An increase in the form of one variable may lead to an increase or decrease in the other variable, it has also been shown that the function of the building affects the direction of this relationship.

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