Architectural Requirements for improvement of Sociopetaloid spaces in Metro Stations spaces

Stations spaces are important examples of public spaces which are in close connections with the social life of people. Also, the social interaction and relation between people and city environment will become so important for metro station spaces. Therefore, metro stations play an essential role in urban life. Thus, it is essential to consider the metro stations as public spaces in order to reach the social sustainability.This paper addresses the result of a research done by the authors on the influential elements on improvement of social interaction in metro stations. The goal of present research is investigating the preferences of architectural requirements in improving social interaction between people and environment in metro station spaces. For doing so after studying and investigating the opinions and approaches for improving the social interactions in transport areas, by using the technique for gathering information via questionnaire the preferences of users for the goal of the research have been studied. The result of the research show that in case of architectural requirements which contribute to improving social interactions, consideration to the resting and sitting furniture, great dimensions of space and establishing diverse activities in surround of metro station are the most important factors.