Some approaches in design of urban furniture with emphasis on green space use and sustainable urban landscape

Year 2015, Volume: 36 Issue: 3, 3782 - 3790, 13.05.2015

Leila Badeıy , Mahdieh Nakhaeı Fereshteh Babaoghly Nikoo Abharı

Abstract

 

Abstract. Rapid growth of urbanization has created over crowdedness, traffic and pollution in urban spaces. Thus, the design of urban green spaces and furniture design is consistent with the emotional needs of citizens and can make a considerable change in comfort and safety of body and soul of human being and gives a good identity to the city. Despite rural life, urban life is without natural beauties and urban spaces don’t have visual beauty and human being is in urgent need to order and beauty in living environment. We can  put together the dull space of city and beauty morale of human being to consider the significance of creating green spaces and design of good urban furniture as preventing visual confusion in city. This space with the title of some approaches in urban furniture design with emphasis on green space use and sustainable urban landscape in Jolfa city is evaluated and it also attempts to show that green space and beautiful urban furniture can give specific identity to the city. By beautification of visual environment of city, a pretty view is caused and urban views are improved and also the city can be become vital, dynamic and sustainable. The results of reality show that innovation of a developed set of urban furniture with common similar connections is the goal of integrated furniture systems. The features of such system besides coordination in city components can reduce consumption of materials, reduction of construction costs and dimensions reduction. Integration and common aspects in such items not only lead to visual coordination but also help the regional and urban identity.

Keywords

Urban spaces, Urban furniture, Aesthetics, Green space

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