Enhancing Citizens’ Visual Comfort by Focusing on Skyline Native Models in Urban Landscape Using AHP Method (Case Study: Imam Khomeini St. of Mashhad)

Considering skyline in urban landscape has many dimensions which recognizing and presenting solutions to modify it can have a significant role in improving environment status. Ignoring this important issue has led to visual disturbances and various problems in cities. The purpose of this article is to investigate factors related to skyline in urban landscape in order to enhance visual comfort of urban citizens through them. In this respect, the present study considers the status of tall buildings in urban landscape with the purpose of clarifying dimensions of this issue. How to set skyline in cities can be studied from different aspects. Qualitative methods including observation, interview, and questionnaire are used to collect data, and quantitative analyses of Crosstab (Phi and Cramer’s V) and Frequency are used to analyse them. AHP method is also applied to evaluate the proposed scenarios. Finally, the paper presents solutions to shaping an appropriate skyline and a cohesive whole in the first part of Imam Khomeini Street of Mashhad, which can be effective in enhancing physical quality and visual comfort of this street.