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How do High-Rise Buildings Affect the Mental Image of Users? Case Study: Seljuk Tower in Konya

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
Volume 16 (2023): Issue 3 (September 2023)
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Open Access
|Oct 2023

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Figure 1.

The conceptual model of study [Source: Author]
The conceptual model of study [Source: Author]

Figure 2.

First row: the location of Konya [Source: satellites.pro/Google_plan/Konya map]; The second row: the location of the case study in the city [Source: Google maps]; The third and fourth row: Case study photos [Source: Author]
First row: the location of Konya [Source: satellites.pro/Google_plan/Konya map]; The second row: the location of the case study in the city [Source: Google maps]; The third and fourth row: Case study photos [Source: Author]

Figure 3.

Scattering of answers in response to the question: A) How do you rate the beauty of the tower form? And B) How new and innovative is the form of the tower in your opinion? [Source: Author]
Scattering of answers in response to the question: A) How do you rate the beauty of the tower form? And B) How new and innovative is the form of the tower in your opinion? [Source: Author]

Figure 4.

Scattering of answers in response to the question: A) How suitable is the using composite and glass for the facade of this building? And B) To what extent does standing next to the tower give you a pleasant feeling? [Source: Author]
Scattering of answers in response to the question: A) How suitable is the using composite and glass for the facade of this building? And B) To what extent does standing next to the tower give you a pleasant feeling? [Source: Author]

Figure 5.

A) What extent does the height of the tower match the surrounding environment? And B) to what extent has the tower distinguished itself from the surrounding environment due to its height? [Source: Author]
A) What extent does the height of the tower match the surrounding environment? And B) to what extent has the tower distinguished itself from the surrounding environment due to its height? [Source: Author]

The relationship between users’ interest in the tower and its physical characteristics in the city context [Source: Author]

VariableCorrelation CoefficientSignificance Level
The sense of pleasure when facing the tower0.5910.000
Newness and innovations in the form of the tower0.5120.000
The pleasantness of the materials used in the facade0.4210.001
The pleasantness of the tower's location in the city centre0.3110.000

The relationship between the beauty of the tower's form and its physical characteristics [Source: Author]

VariableCorrelation CoefficientSignificance Level
The sense of pleasure when facing the tower0.5870.001
Distinguishing the tower's form in the city context0.4940.001
Newness and innovations in the form of the tower0.4490.000
The pleasantness of the materials used in the facade0.3100.000
The pleasantness of the tower's location in the city centre0.2140.001

Frequency distribution by gender of participants [Source: Author]

ParticipantsEducation DegreeTotal
High schoolAssociateBachelorMasterPost Graduate
GenderMale1313%2423%4039%1716.5%98.5%103100%
Female1917%1311%6757%119.60%45.40%114100%
Total3214.7%3717%10749%2812.9%136.40%217100%

A sample t-test of affective, cognitive, interpretative, and evaluative dimensions [Source: Author]

DimensionNMean ValueAverageSDTP-Value
Affective21734.490.6317.870.001
Cognitive21734.010.4915.630.001
Evaluative21733.460.5118.070.001
Interpretative21733.090.7816.350.001
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2023-0030 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
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Language: English
Page range: 21 - 30
Submitted on: May 10, 2023
Accepted on: Sep 12, 2023
Published on: Oct 20, 2023
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
High-rise buildings,
Mental image,
Perceptual components,
Seljuk Tower,
Users’ preferences
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture,
Architects, buildings

© 2023 Navid Khaleghimoghaddam, published by Silesian University of Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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