en Urban Design Urban Design Research Paper Research Paper <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">This study examines the directional associations among place attachment, place experience, and structured experience in Amir Chakhmagh Square, a historic urban square in Yazd, Iran. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey produced 225 usable responses. Following data screening, the original 73-item measurement specification was respecified as a parsimonious parcel-level structural equation model: 27 theoretically relevant items were grouped into nine balanced parcels, and the model was estimated using diagonally weighted least squares. The full hypothesized model showed close fit to the data (&chi;&sup2;(24) = 23.69, p = .480; CFI = 1.000; TLI = 1.000; RMSEA = .000; SRMR = .049). Place attachment was positively associated with place experience (&beta; = .773, p < .001), and place experience was positively associated with structured experience (&beta; = .504, p < .001). The direct association between place attachment and structured experience was not statistically significant (&beta; = .221, p = .062). A more parsimonious indirect-only model also fit the data and indicated a significant indirect association between place attachment and structured experience through place experience (&beta; = .588; 95% bootstrap CI [.481, .692]). The findings suggest that identity-bearing physical features, everyday social use, and event-related engagement should be considered jointly in the planning and design of historic public spaces.</span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Amir Chakhmagh Square, place attachment, place experience, structured experience, structural equation modeling, Yazd 0 0 http://ijaup.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-11-2030-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ali Riahi Dehkordi a.riahi@student.art.ac.ir 180031947532846008737 180031947532846008737 No Faculty of Architecture & Urban Planning, Iran University of Art, Tehran, Iran Montazerolhodjah montazer@yazd.ac.ir 180031947532846008738 180031947532846008738 Yes Faculty of Art & Architecture, Yazd University,Yazd, Iran.