Discussion New Technologies of Tehran’ High-Rise Residential Buildings’ Facade from the Perspective of Aesthetic Patterns

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
A. Pahlavan 1
F. Habib 2
L. Zare 1
1 Architecture Department, Arts & Architecture Faculty, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 member of faculty. Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Aims: High-rise residential buildings in the last decades in terms of contribution and number allocated itself a significant share of housing and shaping to the urban body and can be studied due to the great influence of the urban astronomy on aesthetics. Therefore, the evaluation of aesthetics governing them is expressed as a necessity the main aim is to obtain a clear and accurate perception of the evolution of the aesthetic types of facing high-rise residential buildings as part of the physical dimension of Tehran since 1961 until now. How the evolution of aesthetic types in relation to the design of high-rise buildings is the main question.

Instruments and Methods: Using a descriptive-analytic research method, the high-rise buildings and their shaping process in time periods have been investigated. This information has been gathered in the presence of the site and its registration. The history of the samples was collected by library studies and then evaluated.

Findings: The main result of this research is the four aesthetic trends which after the grouping of samples, according to their frequency in decades were obtained. Also, detailed specifications of the trend's characteristics and the position of their formation were obtained. Also, building patterns classify in the form of cubes, the combination of cubes and ziggurat in their tops and species with a variety of volumes and shapes.

Conclusion: We have a flowing process in the appearance of the aesthetic patterns of Tehran's high-rise buildings in accordance with their time and place conditions.

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