Explanation of the Role of the Third Places in the Socialization of Urban Districts(Case Study: Urban Open-air Cafes in Tehran, District 2)

Third places become one of the places of their lives by creating social equality by leveling the environmental conditions and creating a popular atmosphere, creating common habits and offering psychological support to individuals. The purpose of this study was to explain the concept of the formation of the third place in the form of urban open-air cafes and the importance of socialization in the urban fabric. The present study is analytical-descriptive and in terms of aim is evaluative and ultimately applied. The method of data collection is library and survey. In In the present study, after explaining the conceptual framework and using research tools including observation and presence, first a number of questionnaires with a number of specific items, researcher-made in the form of Likert spectrum according to the average population of Tehran Region 2, and to evaluate some of them. The variables were distributed by simple and non-probabilistic random sampling method and analyzed using SPSS software. According to these findings, the studied cafes have a situation in cases where variables such as social interactions in their three forms in the first place and also the qualities of aesthetics, flexibility of space, access and services in the second place have received high scores. It was more appropriate and also when variables such as dynamics, activity and comfort were moderate, variables such as climate and protection had the greatest impact.