Influential Concepts of Space and Place in Contemporary Architecture

Concepts such as space, place attachment, sense of place, meaning of place, spatial identity and spatial relationships have devoted many studies in literature of architecture and urban design particularly in the field of environmental psychology. It is obvious that in all these concepts, various aspects of interaction between human and place and the impact that places have on people can be contained and discussed. This paper has discussed the concepts related to nature of architectural space, sense of place and place attachment and explains the factors that affect them. Sense of place is a comprehensive concept which in it men feel the characyter of spaces and places, percept them and attached meaning to them. Understanding the fundamental aspects of sense of space and place can be effective in assessment of the level of public attachment to place sand tendency of people to places and can promote the ideas of architectural design.

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Architecture , Design , Place , Space