Abstract:
In this paper the author studies the scientific literature in order to clarify
the terms of design and perception in relation to the identity of space.The scientific
literature highlights four theoretical directions on the relationship between designs
– perceptions – the identity of space. For example, the identity of space is a function
of urban – architectural reality, of sentimental - emotional reality and a variation of
determinants. In this regard the variation of determinants is a function connected
with the mass of receptors (residents, tourists, non-tourists, professionals etc.) and
with the mass of transmitters (buildings, streets, urban furniture, green spaces,
billboards etc.). The authors appreciate that people give form to the environment as
the environment forms people, stressing the interdependence of the ways and their
living environment.Adding the analysis it’s determined that the individual has a
certain model after which operates in urban environments (mental maps), there is a
variation of the determinants that conditions his perception, certain elements that
make him close to the environment (territoriality), meanings are assigned to the
space that surrounds him and is judged by peers according to the environment in
which he lives. The sum does not follow a set of rules, laws and general principles of
perception that leads to good urban design of urban – architectural reality, both
contributing to the clarity of the identity of a space.
