Social affordances of residential open spaces: case study of Dikmen Valley, Ankara
Author
Roshani, Mahya
Advisor
Batuman, Bülent
Date
2021-01Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This study describes a methodology to assess the social affordances of residential open
spaces. To this end, referring to Gibson's concept of affordances, the study investigates
the relationship between the social affordances of residential open spaces and the main
environmental attributes of 1) topological depth, 2) spatial demarcations, 3)
constitutedness, 4) visibility, 5) inter-visibility, 6) the number of block stories, 7)
existence, location, and orientation of landscape elements. The methodology is used to
analyze the case of Dikmen Valley in Ankara, which was reorganized with a
comprehensive regeneration project. The first step of the study is the analysis of the
open space typologies of the residential compounds. Afterwards, each type is scrutinized
through an in-depth analysis with methods of spatial analysis, visibility graph analysis,
and on-field observations. It is revealed that similar environmental attributes have
similar social affordances and in conclusion, this study indicates which residential open
space typology of the case study has the optimum social affordances.