Using information and communication technologies to create learning urban public space. (Case study: Central part of Tehran, Iran)

《Using information and communication technologies to create learning urban public space. (Case study: Central part of Tehran, Iran)》

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来源: HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.87,P.91-98

语言: 英文

关键字: Urban public space; Information and communication technology (ICT); Learning environment; Tehran; PLACE; CITY

作者单位: [Nouri, Zahra; Rafieian, Mojtaba] TMU, Fac Art & Architecture, Tehran 14115111, Iran. [Ghasemi, Kimia] TMU, Fac Humanities, Tehran 14115111, Iran. Nouri, Z (reprint author), TMU, Fac Art & Architecture, Tehran 14115111, Iran. E-Mail: Z.nouri@rocketmail.com; mrafiyan@gmail.com; k.ghasemi@modares.ac.ir

摘要: This paper addressed how urban public spaces equipped with ICTs could be proper places for their users to learn. To find out the strategies of physical interventions for creating learning urban public spaces, the preferences of their users were derived by conducting interviews in the urban public spaces in the central part of Tehran. The results obtained from a deep survey with open (ended) questions suggested that the users of these public spaces were eager to learn in those spaces via ICTs and were more interested in displays than in any other types of ICTs moreover they gather at Wi-fi zones. The most important thing to learn in urban public places is knowledge, rather than skill or training, the knowledge which is related to the selected urban public spaces, their historical and cultural facts, and their management and participation issues rather than any other types. The most facilitating environmental conditions for learning are the places which have areas to seat or are equipped with seats, where users can gather and socialize easily, and which are not so crowded or empty, and the meeting points. Also, pre-experienced situations effect users' interest in the use of a especial type of ICTs rather than the other types. These findings inform urban designers, planners, policy makers and local municipality that some practical strategies used for physical interventions in these places for the purpose of creating learning public spaces would be the use of displays on the facades of buildings at different levels of pedestrian views, the installation of Wi-fi zones which have a supporting role to increase the number of learners, and the preparation of suitable seating furniture in the meeting points for long lasting learning.