Rereading the Role of Visual-Perceptual Elements of Historic Context Passages of Yazd to Organize Citizens’ Perceptual System

Paths located in ancient districts are flexible and lively places to understand man’s position in the environment and his/her connection with the past. Developing the sense of belonging to place in neighborhoods of the old texture of Yazd by people’s interaction with the paths can be effective in managing and reforming the affairs of neighborhoods, residential environment and organizing neighborhoods. This factor can create a strong and two-way relationship between the perceptual organization, order, and determining urban space, with the help of environmental perception factors. The purpose of this study is to better understand the urban elements and components, and percept the meaning of places and strengthen individual and social identity. The question of this research is determining the role of visual elements of Vaght O Saat path in Yazd in the amount of audience perception based on environmental perception factors. To answer this question, Vaght O Saat path in Yazd was selected, the research method in first part was field and descriptive-analytical using library resources and valid research, and in the second part, data and research variables were analyzed based on survey method with observation tool, questionnaire and interview. The views of passers-by in the field of identity perception of visual elements were collected through questionnaires with statistical volume taken from Cochran’s formula, and were analyzed in the form of SPSS software, during statistical tests. Different components in the environmental perception of Vaght O Saat’s path were considered, which included deep connection with the path, their awareness of the context and environment and background, and being from Yazd. And. On the other hand, the results of study show that visual elements such as archways, ribs and stonecarpet flooring of plinth and entrance of some distinguished public buildings, has a particular importance in reviewing visual elements of Vaght O Saat path in Yazd. In this regard, the registration of the pass that its protection and restoration can stabilize and intensify the role of path in the organization of residents’ perceptual system, is one of the strategies to preserve and revive this historical passage.