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Table 6 Design standards for spaces in relevance to the human senses.

From: Towards developing sustainable design standards for waterfront open spaces

Standards

Senses

Vision

Hearing

Touch

Smelling

Tasting

Temperature

Chemical

Pressure

Joint position

Acceleration

Balance

Monitoring and processing

Social

Noise

 

         

Controlling noise in the urban space is one of the most important comfort criteria that should be considered

Privacy

          

Privacy affected by many factors دas distance, noise, and plant treatments, whether visual or audio

Aesthetic

Pollution

 

       

divided into optical, audio, and environmental (resulting from industrial waste)

Comfort

 

 

 

     

The sense of comfort produced by considering climate, noise, and pollution

Personality

 

       

Each site should have an independent identity result from the element used

Visual clarity

          

The component element should be organized in a method that helps connect the space

Economic

Cost

 

        

One of the most successful solutions is the one that can achieve low implementation and maintenance costs

Environmental

Topography

        

  

The difference in the grading affects the urban space internal and external vision

Soil type

        

  

The nature of the soil affects the type of materials used and treatments. The designer's success evaluated by his potential to adapt the quality of soil for the design purposes serves

Climate

     

     

The climate affects the comfort feeling for space users

Preserving site as permanent natural resource

   

       

Standing for the exploitation of the site without resources depletion

Urban

Density

         

It refers to the per capita share of activities (there is no fixed rate), as it depends on several factors as location, cost, users, and the surrounding environment

Connectivity

         

 

The efficiency of any area evaluated according to its accessibility degree

Diversity

          

Creating a homogeneous space with several activities

Security

 

        

Providing safety feeling through good lighting distribution also maintaining the safety and protection of users

Activity

        

Deepening and supporting human activity and behavior in the urban space

Development

   

 

 

  

For the space to develop without depending on what its surroundings

Car Parks

 

         

It designated to afford parking spaces to separate pedestrian traffic from cars

Seating area

          

The seat allocations in different textures in spaces to offer a different sensory experience for users

Garbage pins

   

       

Garbage pin’s location away from the windward direction and encourage recycling

Aromatic gardens

   

       

Place aromatic gardens in the direction of wind blowing

Floor texture

  

     

  

Vary the texture of the floors as an essence of communication with the space to alert him to function transformation

Leisure activities

         

 

Providing recreational activities as fun parks and children's area

Waterfronts

 

   

     

Using water elements to provide cool weather, also for people to touch it and stimulate the touch sense

Tiling types

  

        

Change the tiling types not to induce pain, falls or injuries

Infrastructure

 

        

Use sculpture and mural elements that foster people to touch and interact with them

Restaurants and cafeterias

    

 

   

Offering restaurants and cafeterias interface them to the general urban character of the space

Trees andArches

     

     

Providing tree planting shade, arches, or umbrellas for spaces to induce the presence in the space

Pedestrian path

 

         

Stimulating pedestrian traffic instead of vehicle

Signage

          

The usage of signs and paintings to match the materials that characterizes the space

Light features

          

Providing lighting elements to consider the safety element and to exhibit the aesthetic aspects of the space

Public WC

   

X

   

X

   

Providing public toilets to prevent odors resulting from people spending their need in the streets

Entertainment sounds

 

X

         

Adding elements that generate amusement sounds like music and fountains

 

Visual axes

X

          

The necessity of opening visual axes on the waterfront (in the case of spaces with the waterfront)

  1. Source: The researcher
  2. Key:
  3. √: Criteria observed in the experiments above-mentioned by Kevin Lynch and Anne-Pierre
  4. : Criteria not mentioned by Kevin Lynch or Anne-Bierre and it was necessary to be appear in studying spaces which help people interact and attach to it
  5. X: Criteria that need to add after studying the practical case