Imageability and legibility: cognitive analysis and visibility assessment in Galle heritage city
The concepts of imageability and legibility are important aspects of urban design. Many scholars use the terms “imageability” and “legibility” interchangeably, usually examining one concept and applying the implications to the other. This research explores the relationship between these two concept...
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| author | Tharushi Abeynayake Lakshika Meetiyagoda Nayomi Kankanamge Palpola Kankanamge Senevirathne Mahanama |
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The concepts of imageability and legibility are important aspects of urban design. Many scholars use the terms “imageability” and “legibility” interchangeably, usually examining one concept and applying the implications to the other. This research explores the relationship between these two concepts by answering the research questions: 1. how do people perceive the saliency of landmarks (imageability) and 2. how does the spatial configuration facilitate the visibility level of landmarks (legibility)? The Galle Heritage City in Sri Lanka is considered as the case study. The first part of the empirical study is to assess the level of imageability of urban space users by completing 100 cognitive maps and producing a composite cognitive map that indicates the structural landmarks’ salience or the level of imageability. The second part is the level of legibility of the landmarks by employing the visibility assessment process and the third part compares the two results with a concurrence matrix. The findings highlight that there is a positive relationship between people’s perception (imageability) and level of visibility (legibility). Further, imageability mostly depends on semantic properties than legibility, but legibility predominantly depends on structural properties and visual properties are almost equally important to both concepts.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e18164c393a4f0887be17ffe24fcfcb2022-12-22T04:35:29ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityJournal of Architecture and Urbanism2029-79552029-79472022-11-0146210.3846/jau.2022.16177Imageability and legibility: cognitive analysis and visibility assessment in Galle heritage cityTharushi Abeynayake0Lakshika Meetiyagoda1Nayomi Kankanamge2Palpola Kankanamge Senevirathne Mahanama3Department of Town and Country Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Katubedda, Sri LankaDepartment of Town and Country Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Katubedda, Sri LankaDepartment of Town and Country Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Katubedda, Sri LankaDepartment of Town and Country Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Katubedda, Sri Lanka The concepts of imageability and legibility are important aspects of urban design. Many scholars use the terms “imageability” and “legibility” interchangeably, usually examining one concept and applying the implications to the other. This research explores the relationship between these two concepts by answering the research questions: 1. how do people perceive the saliency of landmarks (imageability) and 2. how does the spatial configuration facilitate the visibility level of landmarks (legibility)? The Galle Heritage City in Sri Lanka is considered as the case study. The first part of the empirical study is to assess the level of imageability of urban space users by completing 100 cognitive maps and producing a composite cognitive map that indicates the structural landmarks’ salience or the level of imageability. The second part is the level of legibility of the landmarks by employing the visibility assessment process and the third part compares the two results with a concurrence matrix. The findings highlight that there is a positive relationship between people’s perception (imageability) and level of visibility (legibility). Further, imageability mostly depends on semantic properties than legibility, but legibility predominantly depends on structural properties and visual properties are almost equally important to both concepts. https://aviation.vgtu.lt/index.php/JAU/article/view/16177cognitive studiesheritage cityimageabilitylandmarkslegibilityvisibility assessment |
| spellingShingle | Tharushi Abeynayake Lakshika Meetiyagoda Nayomi Kankanamge Palpola Kankanamge Senevirathne Mahanama Imageability and legibility: cognitive analysis and visibility assessment in Galle heritage city Journal of Architecture and Urbanism cognitive studies heritage city imageability landmarks legibility visibility assessment |
| title | Imageability and legibility: cognitive analysis and visibility assessment in Galle heritage city |
| title_full | Imageability and legibility: cognitive analysis and visibility assessment in Galle heritage city |
| title_fullStr | Imageability and legibility: cognitive analysis and visibility assessment in Galle heritage city |
| title_full_unstemmed | Imageability and legibility: cognitive analysis and visibility assessment in Galle heritage city |
| title_short | Imageability and legibility: cognitive analysis and visibility assessment in Galle heritage city |
| title_sort | imageability and legibility cognitive analysis and visibility assessment in galle heritage city |
| topic | cognitive studies heritage city imageability landmarks legibility visibility assessment |
| url | https://aviation.vgtu.lt/index.php/JAU/article/view/16177 |
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