Towards developing sustainable design standards for waterfront open spaces

Salama, Shery William

doi:10.1186/s40410-022-00172-3

City, Territory and Architecture

An interdisciplinary debate on project perspectives

Table 4 Design criteria considered when analyzing spaces in Jeddah

From: Towards developing sustainable design standards for waterfront open spaces

Standards		Monitoring and processing	Sense
Social
	Noise	Plant fences to separate residential from open spaces
Aesthetic	Privacy	Privacy and cultural heritage were considered	Vision
	Pollution	The spaces that cause pollution been separated from the cars, and the presence of planting helps purify the air	Vision, Hearing and Smell
	Comfort	Considering the temperature, providing shaded areas, and separating the movement of vehicles that cause noise	Thermal and Hearing
	Personality	Designing the open spaces to match the same characteristics of the place, also using stone floors to harmonize with the nature of the place	Vision and Touch
	Visual clarity	Spaces are formed to be visible to users	Vision
Economic	Cost	Usage of local environmental materials	Vision
Environmental	Soil type	Sand and gravel cohesive	Touch
	Topography	Diversity in the city skyline in aesthetically way	Muscles and joints
	Climate	High temperature with shaded area	Thermal
Urba5n	Density	Increases within holidays	Vision and hearing
	Connectivity	Good connections between spaces and activities	Acceleration
	Diversity	Appears among the landscaping elements	Vision and Touch
	Security	It appeared in materials that withstand high temperatures	Vision and Touch
	Activity
	Development	Not considered in trial Neglected (no parking spaces)
	Car Parks
	Seating area	Provide shaded seats made of PVC	Touch, thermal and Joints
	Lighting elements	Provision of lighting poles	Vision
	Garbage pins	Garage boxes were used	Smelling
	Grading
	Leisure activities	Recreation Park available	Acceleration and Balancing
	Aromatic gardens	Presence of aromatic plants	Smelling
	Floor texture and Tiling types	Marble tiles and interlocks	Touch
	Waterfronts	Water elements appeared in the spaces	Thermal and Hearing
	Infrastructure	Sculptural arts and distinctive signs appeared in different characteristics	Touch and Vision
	Restaurants and cafeterias	Not provided
	Trees and Arches	Trees were used for shading, in addition to the wooden tends	Thermal
	Pedestrian path	Pedestrian and car traffic were not separated
	Signage	Used and matched materials and general characteristics	Vision
	Visual Aesthetic	Using water and lighting elements	Vision and Thermal

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