Human-scale greenery in the window view

Fikfak, Alenka (author), Zbašnik-Senegačnik, Martina (author), Drobne, Samo (author)

In recent decades, the quality of life in cities has declined due to rapid growth. The global ecological crisis and climate change are leading to pollution and overheating of the environment, resulting in deteriorating health conditions and social segregation. The fact is that greenery in urban environments significantly improves people’s well-being, health, and satisfaction. The research presented in this paper was focused on the issue of greenery in residential neighborhoods, which has many positive effects in addition to the health benefits. The purpose of the article is to check whether greenery also has an artistic effect in addition to environmental benefits. In the research, the importance of greenery was highlighted by examining two residential neighborhoods in the urban environment of the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Elements of greenery were analyzed from the perspective of “human scale”, which refers to the size, texture, and arrangement of physical elements that correspond to human size and proportions. There were seven indicators highlighted that were used to verify the human scale: area connectivity, readability, and completeness of the ambience; transparency of tree canopies, and perception of artistic composition principles. The results show that the presence of greenery in residential neighborhoods is an important element of the human scale.

• Language: English
• Keywords: urbanism, window view, greenery, human scale, survey
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FA - Faculty of Architecture
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 16 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 8, iss. 4 (257)
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-167020
• UDC: 711.64:159.937.522
• ISSN on article: 2413-8851
• DOI: 10.3390/urbansci8040257
• COBISS.SI-ID: 219722243
• Publication date in RUL: 04.02.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Urban science
• Shortened title: Urban sci.
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2413-8851
• COBISS.SI-ID: 526778393

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: urbanizem, pogled skozi okno, zelenje, človeško merilo, anketa