The effect of vitality on creating citizen's mental image and ratio of utilization of urban spaces (case study: sidewalk of Sepahsalar st. in Tehran)

In architecture and urban design, usage of the opinion of citizens is one of the most important factors to design urban spaces. This is how the space and the its surroundings attract people. The present study aims to examine the role of vitality in creating the mental image of citizens and with respect to the extent of utilization of the urban space. In this regard, to do this study, field study of the sepahsalar street of Tehran is studied as the case study. Research method of this research in the form of "analytical description". How to collect information, as well as for the field and In this case, the questionnaire related to the vitality of the research tools and questionnaires related to the mental image is and In this regard, of the 50 people on the street passengers in sepahsalar street used in which test samples were taken randomly. For this study, the three main hypothesis was considered provided by the Pearson test and independent groups t-test were examined. The results obtained in the present study shows that: Firstly between vitality and optimal mental image there is a positive significant correlation between citizens. This is a large and significant correlation. Dumas between urban spaces, lively and urban spaces that are lacking in vitality, there is a significant difference. Some between urban spaces which in the minds of users create mental image space and spaces lacking this feature, there is a significant difference.