Evaluation of the effect of permeability element on quality improvement in public open spaces with Space Syntax method (Study sample: Bagherabad neighborhood of Rasht)

Urban open spaces are an integral part of cities, especially metropolises, which are a haven for the presence and activity of citizens, and according to the requirements of modern life, their existence today is one of the main factors in the quality of the living environment .The quality of urban spaces is a function of various physical, functional, aesthetic, social, and economic factors that have been analyzed and evaluated from different perspectives from the past to the present..

In this study, the issue of permeability and accessibility of urban street spaces has been specifically addressed. In fact, the aim was to determine to what extent the quality of the environment increases with the increase of accesses, or in other words, the construction of new access roads.

For analysis, the space arrangement technique has been used, in which the components of interconnection, control, selection, depth and connection in two waysVisibility and Axial map are evaluated.

Studied Areas: 

To analyze this issue, a study sample of Bagherabad neighborhood of Rasht has been used. This area is composed of busy passages that in the period of 25 years (1373 to 1398) a new passage in width, A number of north-south passages connect this area.

Evaluations have shown that the maps of 1398 have been greatly improved in these components compared to the original map.In fact, according to the analysis of spatial arrangement parameters,The results showed that correlation in the area in general in 1398,It is more than 1373.

Due to the increase in accessibility and permeability of this area through the construction of an east-west street,Based on this, it can be concluded that greater accessibility has increased spatial interconnection, which ultimately indicates an improvement in the quality of urban space.