Today, vitality and happiness are the missing links in urban life. This fact is especially more important in residential complexes. In this regard, taking into account only the quantitative aspects of organizing the space as well as having a one-dimensional look to it have decreased quality of most of public spaces in the residentialcomplexes. Social vitality in today’s society is one of the needs and necessities and lacking it in the community results in many problems. This research investigates the relationship between environmental qualities and vitality of residential complexes in Tehran, aiming at the creation of public spaces in which people have active participation in various activities. The vitality factors of the residents of AtisazShahindezhresidential complex of Tehran were identified and then classified using questionnaire, interview and field observations and then, factors required for the design of vital residential complex were identified. Afterwards, the collected data were analyzed and based on the results of the analysis a new plan for designing the residential complex with an approach to enhancing the vitality of the residents was proposed. In this study, the sample size was 167. To determine the reliability of the questionnaires, Cronbach’salpha coefficient was used. The research’s methodology is descriptive-analytical and the collected data were described and analyzed using questionnaire, SPSS and statistical techniques such as frequency distribution, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression. To answer the research’s questions, six hypotheses were presented. The results of this study indicated a correlation between residents’ freshness and vitality from one hand and mixed land uses, diversity of users, e.g. women, children, the elderly, and so on, diversity of materials, forms and colors, diversity of behavioral settings, green spaces and physical permeability from the other hand.