ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE LANDSCAPE ACTIVATION DIMENSIONS

Abstract

Landscapes are considered an essential and effective element in the city. However, the neglect occurring in them reflects negatively on the city, which requires the need to research how to deal with this through the concept of activating the landscapes. To determine the dimensions, the designer can rely on it in the activating of these spaces, the problem of research has emerged as (The absence of a theoretical framework that determines the dimensions involved in activating landscapes, which the designer can rely on). And to solve the research problem, through literature review, the research reaches the activating landscapes concept definition, and the dimensions of activating these spaces were extracted with its verification indicators to build the theoretical framework. Four dimensions were reached to activate the landscapes, which included both the social, economic, environmental, and symbolic dimensions. The research assumed, "the landscape activation requires the existence of the symbolic dimension, with the three dimensions of sustainability (environmental-social-economical)". To test the validity of the hypothesis, in the practical study, three landscape projects were selected, they are similar in having neglected spaces had been activated in its city centers, so to measure the extent to which the indicators of these dimensions have been achieved. The results showed the symbolic dimension as the most prominent dimension for activating the landscapes, followed by the environmental, then social, and finally the economic dimension. Finally, the research achieved a theoretical model for the landscape activation dimensions and its indicators and values, which the designer can rely on it in activation of these spaces.

Keywords

• activating landscapes
• dimensions of activating landscapes
• the symbolic dimension
• the social dimension
• the economic dimension
• the environmental dimension