Dr. Mostafa Behzadfar Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development 2008-5079 17 48 2024 12 20 A Delphi-Based Assessment of Interior Spatial Features of Apartment Houses; A Case Study of North Golshahr and Nazarabad Neighborhoods of Bandar Abbas City A Delphi-Based Assessment of Interior Spatial Features of Apartment Houses; A Case Study of North Golshahr and Nazarabad Neighborhoods of Bandar Abbas City 85 97 202216 10.22034/aaud.2024.415668.2821 FA Mehdi Asgharkhah Farkhani Ph.D. Candidate in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Khorasgan Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. Bahram Shahedi, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Khorasgan Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran (Corresponding Author). Mohsen Afshari Associate Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran. Seyedeh Pourandokht Saadati Assistant Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Khorasgan Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. Journal Article 2023 10 20 The interior features of apartments markedly influence the satisfaction of residents and the quality of living. The present research evaluated and compared the importance and fulfillment of interior spatial features of apartment houses in North Golshahr and Nazarabad neighborhoods in Bandar Abbas. This was Delphi-based fundamental research targeting house designers and ten experts with 20 to 40 years of experience living in Bandar Abbas. Data were collected from library studies and field observations of the intended neighborhoods. Theoretically, the library reviews revealed 28 spatial features which were then classified into “structural-functional” and “qualitative-psychological” categories. Next, the experts were provided with Likert-based questionnaires to evaluate and classify the importance and fulfillment of spatial features in the studied apartment houses. Although the proposed classification was approved by the experts, some spatial features did not conform with the apartment houses in Bandar Abbas and, hence, were deleted, modified, or merged and declined to 16 items in the first round of the Delphi assessment. These were spatial guidance and orientation, spatial opening, spatial composition, proportion of space, spaciousness, spatial hierarchy, spatial relations, spatial dynamics, spatial coziness, harmony and balance, spatial separation, spatial flexibility, spatial diversity, spatial differentiation, spatial integration, and space nostalgia. For the studied neighborhoods, the importance of each spatial feature was currently higher than their fulfillment, implying that the key spatial features are lacking in the interior design of apartment houses in Bandar Abbas. The interior features of apartments markedly influence the satisfaction of residents and the quality of living. The present research evaluated and compared the importance and fulfillment of interior spatial features of apartment houses in North Golshahr and Nazarabad neighborhoods in Bandar Abbas. This was Delphi-based fundamental research targeting house designers and ten experts with 20 to 40 years of experience living in Bandar Abbas. Data were collected from library studies and field observations of the intended neighborhoods. Theoretically, the library reviews revealed 28 spatial features which were then classified into “structural-functional” and “qualitative-psychological” categories. Next, the experts were provided with Likert-based questionnaires to evaluate and classify the importance and fulfillment of spatial features in the studied apartment houses. Although the proposed classification was approved by the experts, some spatial features did not conform with the apartment houses in Bandar Abbas and, hence, were deleted, modified, or merged and declined to 16 items in the first round of the Delphi assessment. These were spatial guidance and orientation, spatial opening, spatial composition, proportion of space, spaciousness, spatial hierarchy, spatial relations, spatial dynamics, spatial coziness, harmony and balance, spatial separation, spatial flexibility, spatial diversity, spatial differentiation, spatial integration, and space nostalgia. For the studied neighborhoods, the importance of each spatial feature was currently higher than their fulfillment, implying that the key spatial features are lacking in the interior design of apartment houses in Bandar Abbas. https://www.armanshahrjournal.com/article_202216_7d4cdc71c8f8cbd205bbc274dc4ad26e.pdf