Investigating the significance of landscape in designing library by emphasizing on the enhancement of learning

Abstract EN

Numerous studies have been carried out related to landscape, landscape architecture and urban landscape and it indicates the significance of this issue among designers and scholars.

These studies have been dealt with different aspects of landscape and investigated the reciprocal effects between landscape and human.

In fact, landscape is recognized as a part of environment; thus as environment and human have a dynamic and reciprocal relationship, landscape has such an affordances.

Indeed, landscape can create peace and cheerfulness for users due to its affordances.

According to this view, the following research investigates the significance of landscape in designing library and clarifies the different aspects of its influence on the library space.

Therefore, the outcomings of this research present a conceptual model from the integration of landscape and library space with the purpose of enhancing learning process.

The research method is qualitative and it is based on descriptive–interpretative approach.

This study investigates initially the concept of landscape and landscape architecture; then, it deals with the analysis of the relation between landscape and environment.

After studying the affordances of environment and landscape from different perspectives, the environment of the library and the circumstances in which users study are analyzed.

Finally, the findings of the research are presented based on the investigation and analysis.