Matters regarding the identity of space between design and perception

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.