This study presents a spatial approach with a methodology for re-mixing current rural buildings into landscape which will support stakeholders to make decisions within a unique environment. A spatial methodology described in this paper is coupling with geographic information systems (GIS), fuzzy logic and multi-criteria evaluation (MCE). The aim of this methodology which applies an overlay and index method involving several parameters is to evaluate the suitability of the study region, Hervas (Spain), in order to optimally plan a building integration with rural landscape. The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is used to generate the alternative decisions using the multi-criteria evaluation techniques used, enhanced with fuzzy factor standardization. The parameters are categorized into five criterion groups: criterion group 1 includes parameters relevant to the physical environments; criterion group 2 comprises visual conditions which are divided into two states, external and internal state; criterion group 3 depicts economical situations; criterion group 4 incorporates social activities; criterion group 5 consists of environmental circumstances. Besides assigning weights to factors through the AHP, the simple additive weighting (SAW) method is applied to the calculation of final grading values in multiple criteria problem for the suitability re-mixing of the study area. The methodology will result in five intermediate suitability maps, physical, visual, economical, social, and environmental criterion. Combination of the five intermediate maps will result in the final composite suitability map for rural building integration with landscape.
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