An approach in evaluating the factors affecting the sense of attachment in the middle spaces of residential complexes in Tehran

With the expansion of human societies and the improvement of human social needs, the necessity of being present in collective spaces and identifying the influencing factors on enhancing the sense of attachment to a place for performing some human activities has become very important. There is attachment to a wide range of factors in creating a lack of attachment to place, which according to studies, examining the location of intermediate spaces in residential complexes is one of those factors that has been analyzed and investigated as an independent variable in this research. The main concern of this research is neglecting to address effective criteria in promoting the sense of attachment in order to create a suitable platform that responds to the needs and activities of the residents in the middle arena. The method of this research is a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. With the help of a causal-comparative strategy, using SPSS and AMOS software, the effect of the physical characteristics of residential communal spaces on the residents' sense of attachment was investigated. Then, with the help of "structural equation model", the characteristics of the middle space as an independent variable were evaluated on the sense of attachment as a dependent variable. The results of the research show that in the components of physical form, "physical and environmental comfort", "circulation", "spatial proportions", "configuration", "order and readability", "visual and physical diversity" and "non-fixed elements" and in the components Functionally, "functional diversity" and "behavioral adaptability" have the greatest influence on the feeling of attachment to the place, in order of priority. Therefore, the designer as the creator of the space by choosing the scale and arrangement of the blocks together with the design of the structure of the spaces leads to a change in the sense of attachment of the people living in the future. On the other hand, providing a suitable platform for the presence of as many residents as possible and paying attention to the spatial qualities along with management features are effective in evaluating the middle space of the residents.