THE ARCHITECTURAL PLACE IDENTITY – AN AUTHORIAL PROPOSAL OF A MEASUREMENT INDICATOR

Architectural place identity belongs to the historical and cultural heritage related to the landscape architecture. It has a great impact both on the observers’ perception of the given space and their  emotional attitude as well. The aim of this article is to present an original method of measuring the architectural place identity , including a definition and clarification of the analyzed concept. The measurement indicator of  the chosen phenomenon has been presented on the background of Wrocław and its urban public areas. The applied method allowed an examination of the analyzed issues in the given spatial range. The article comprises a complete , theoretical description of the research and reveals all the options of its use in practice.The architectural place identity belongs to the historical and cultural heritage related to landscape architecture. It exerts a great impact on both the observers’ perception of the given space and their emotional attitude. The authors’ main goal was to create a tool that would enable objective assessment and measurement of the place identity phenomenon. Accordingly, the aim of this article is to present the result of accepting this approach – an architectural place identity indicator, as well as to discuss and promote conducting more research into this subject. It also provides the definition and clarification of the analyzed term. The measurement indicator of the chosen phenomenon has been presented against the background of the City of Wrocław and its urban public areas. The applied method allowed examining the analyzed issues within the given spatial range. The article comprises a complete theoretical description of the research and reveals all the options of its use in practice