Perceptual evaluation of tall building forms and facades in urban environments

Figures & data

Figure 1. Tall building Models Designed According to Form and Facade Variables (drawn by authors).

Figure 2. Land in the Ulus Region and Its Surroundings (drawn by authors).

Figure 3. Land in the Kavaklıdere Region and Its Surroundings (drawn by authors).

Table 1. Similarity ratios of tall buildings according to Ulus and Kavaklıdere Regions.

Forms		Simple Form	Circular Form	Hyperbol Form	Tapering Form	Layered Form	Opening Form	Conoid Form	Twisted Form
Simple Facade		D=1.07	D=1.07	D=1.08	D=1.08	D=1.1	D=1.08	D=1.17	D=1.17
Ulus	SR	%61	%61	%60	%60	%58	%60	%51	%51
Kavaklıdere	SR	%52	%52	%51	%51	%49	%51	%42	%42
Medium Facade		D=1.64	D=1.70	D=1.60	D=1.60	D=1.61	D=1.64	D=1.66	D=1.65
Ulus	SR	%4	%2	%8	%8	%7	%4	%2	%3
Kavaklıdere	SR	%5	%11	%1	%1	%2	%5	%7	%6
Complex Facade		D=1.84	D=1.82	D=1.78	D=1.78	D=1.79	D=1.84	D=1.85	D=1.84
Ulus	SR	%16	%14	%10	%10	%11	%16	%17	%16
Kavaklıdere	SR	%25	%23	%19	%19	%20	%25	%26	%25

Table 2. Reliability values of the variables.

Variables	Scale reliability
Impression	0.95
Complexity	0.89
Liking	0.90

Table 3. Correlation and regression values of the variables.

Variables	Impression		Complexity		Liking
	Estimate Value	Pr (>|t|)	Estimate Value	Pr (>|t|)	Estimate Value	Pr (>|t|)
FA	−0.03009	0.802403	0.431674	1.81e-06***	−0.068478	0.426664
Region 2	0.20112	9.92e-06***	−0.008013	0.81417	0.141827	1.37e-05***
Facade 2	0.31558	0.188219	−0.503314	0.00519**	1.709771	2e-16***
Facade 3	0.53130	0.002750**	1.145656	2e-16***	0.069427	0.584654
Form 2	0.19872	0.028797*	0.439103	1.42e-10***	−0.214744	0.000983***
Form 3	0.21755	0.017539*	0.309069	7.12e-06***	−0.237198	0.000304***
Form 4	0.34576	0.000162***	0.180864	0.00851**	0.157032	0.016717
Form 5	0.36218	8.10e-05***	0.697544	2e-16***	0.004099	0.950279
Form 6	0.66707	2.84e-13***	0.821167	2e-16***	0.109887	0.091521
Form 7	0.38823	2.52e-05***	0.589225	2e-16***	−0.065501	0.320361
Form 8	0.68670	1.34e-13***	1.131546	2e-16***	−0.192793	0.003565**
Correlation coefficient	0.1227677		0.2821997		0.4566783
P-value	7.569987e-10		6.429328e-47		7.478467e-129

Table 4. Anova values of the variables.

	Df	Sum Sq	Mean Sq	F value	Pr (>F)
Fractal Value	1	27.8	27.76	76.946	2e-16***
Region	1	8.5	8.54	23.670	1.22e-06***
Facade	2	336.3	168.15	466.043	2e-16***
Form	7	21.7	3.10	8.589	1.93e-10***

Figure 4. Relation of the facades with the dependent variables (drawn by authors).

Figure 5. Relation of the forms with the dependent variables (drawn by authors).