Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology-Iraq , Baghdad, Iraq
Abstract
Many cities have witnessed intellectual changes regarding the process of renovating urban spaces, advocating the promotion of urban quality and sustainability, focusing on pedestrian movement, and emphasizing social interaction. These intellectual changes affected the design process of urban pedestrian bridges, which led to the emergence of new meanings and uses for them. Urban spaces started to have values and meanings linked to the identity of the city. This research aims to determine the impact of these intellectual trends according to the ideologies of contemporary urban design. The research defines pedestrian bridges and contemporary urban ideologies and their importance as a research topic. Several studies were reviewed, the research problem emerged (the lack of comprehensive knowledge and cognitive perception of the urban dimensions of pedestrian bridges in general, and in contemporary design ideologies in particular). The research adopted the descriptive-analytical method in building the theoretical framework, and then the practical study included evaluating the local experience (Al-Kuraiat pedestrian bridge) in Baghdad according to a quantitative scale (experts questionnaire). The results of the survey showed that the local project achieved good values. Can be justified by another local experience, as this bridge is considered the first pedestrian bridge over the Tigris River.
Keywords
- Pedestrian bridges
- urban dimensions of pedestrian bridges
- Ideology
- urban ideology
- contemporary urban design
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