Visual language of the city: a case study of the visual perception of third places (the case of Nizhny Novgorod)
... key research methods include critical discourse analysis, visual observation, and surveying. Their combined application made it possible to describe the external design of third places as a combination of verbal and nonverbal signs that construct the local identity of the space and to reveal how this visually transmitted information is perceived by audiences. The study identified the influence of both the contemporary urban context and the historical background on the visual perception of third places and ...
