Identification of the area for the local integration of an open public space

For the development of an open urban public space, it is important to consider not only its general functional and symbolic significance for the city, but also its integration into the local urban fabric. In the context of urban design, this involves the demarcation of the area surrounding a public space by identifying it as area of its local integration. The work explores how people, having a strong tie with a public space, identify and demarcate its surrounding area of integration in the urban fabric, which constituted one of the goals of a field survey carried out in four squares in central Athens.