PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH OF TOWNSCAPE, USING "CAPTION EVALUATION METHOD" : Studies of the cognition and the evaluation of townscape, Part 1

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to grasp the diversity of ordinary people's image about townscape, using new method named Caption Evaluation Method. Field researches were carried out as case studies, and terms for evaluating townscape were obtained. The result of analyzing these classified data are as followings. 1) Non-physical factor, e.g. social, human and non-visual factor, should be considered for townscape design. 2) Classified items are divided into 2 types. One is examining item and the other is targeting item which consists of items scored by deducting points and items scored by adding points.