Examining the Impact of the Quality of Sustainable Spatial Model Components on the Sense of Belonging among Residents of Rural Houses in the Plain Areas of Guilan Province (Case study: Plain Area of Tālesh City)

Document Type : Research article - extracted from the dissertation

Authors

1 Ph.D. student, Department of Architecture, Kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish Island, Iran.

2 Associate Professor of Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Professor of Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22124/gscaj.2024.26435.1287

Abstract

In recent years, rural houses, like any other phenomenon, have been influenced by internal and external factors, undergoing significant changes and transformations, and have had consequences such as human alienation from the place and a decrease in the sense of place. The sense of belonging to the place is an important factor in forming users' connection with the place and creating a high-quality environment. Therefore, providing suitable rural housing, reconstruction, and renovation, usually followed to achieve a more favorable spatial quality, requires knowledge of the factors affecting the sense of place in its constituent elements. Therefore, the current research aimed to investigate the extent of the impact of the quality of sustainable spatial components in fostering a sense of belonging to rural houses in Tālesh. By obtaining its structural knowledge of these components within the framework of indigenous architecture, which can be transmitted to future generations like other principles, the research aimed to significantly influence the design of contemporary rural structures. For this purpose, the information of this research has been collected based on library studies and field observations. It was descriptive-analytical research, and its data was collected through a survey method using a semantic difference questionnaire. The research sample included 670 residents of rural houses in the Tālesh region, the were selected by quota distribution. After distributing and completing the questionnaires, correlation and regression tests were used in Spss software to check the research data. The findings of this research showed that among the components of the sustainable spatial model, the quality of the eco-territorial variable and its manifestation in the physical environment of Tālesh rural houses had the greatest effect on the sense of belonging of the people using the space with an influence coefficient of 0.834%. Therefore, to increase the sense of place in Tālesh rural houses, its constituent elements should be recreated with shapes and materials compatible with the environment and the place.

Highlights

-  The eco-territorial variable is the most effective component in increasing the sense of place in Tālesh rural houses.

-   The spatial variable among the components of sustainable place has the least effect on increasing the sense of place of Tālesh rural houses.

- The lack of use of local forms and materials has reduced the sense of belonging in Tālesh rural houses.

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