Abstract:
"Place" is a concept which receive initial attention when consider the socio
spatial relationships. The vitality of this concept makes it examined by
architects, planers and designers. Place is an entity which constitutes
spatial, social and psychological aspects and therefore their characteristics
are governed by them. The refinement of these aspects will enrich the
quality of places thus achieving "Sense of place". This fact cannot be
neglected as it is a concept that should be pointed out in re-utilizing spaces.
Presence of these characteristics make the place significant and enhances
the quality of build environment as well as of its users. Otherwise these
spaces will be placeless gaps in the urban environment.
For an analytical study about human spatial relationships the nature of
attachments in between must be understood. When consider the urban
environment especially the urban fabric is unimportant and disregard without
the human attachments and behavioral patterns. It would be interesting to
investigate an elementary feature that will hold the character, comfort in
spaces specifically in re-use spaces in this dissertation.
The absent of this concept creates not only the materialistic pollution, but
also attitudinal pollution occur parallely with the rapid urbanization. Even the
attachment to existing context seems to be neglected. Likewise abandoned
old buildings exist unknowingly in the urban fabric as placeless gaps. Hence
this study mainly focuses on immediate surrounding and the interior of the
re-used spaces, its quantitative and qualitative attributes, to achieve "Sense
of place".
