impact of in-between spaces on residential environment quality a case study on public housing in kerman

decreasing qualitative aspects of residential environments is a real problem in recent public housing of kerman. this article is concentrated on surveying the impact of in-between spaces on residential environments quality (req), to evaluate different kinds of it and to determine interrelation of two main components: residents individual characteristics and characteristics of in-between spaces. levels of in-between spaces include empirical-aesthetic, performance and environmental characteristics to determine degrees of residents satisfaction (rsat). eighteen selected components of in-between spaces quality (isq) assess the rsat degrees in three residential environments of kerman. needed data obtained from structured interviews with residents and observation checklists. a direct relationship found between rsat and isq in all three surveyed residential environments. the req index is highly and positively correlated with satisfaction of the three levels of in-between spaces and residents individual characteristics such as ownership and residential period.