Showing 15 results for Modern Heritage
Arefeh Iranishad, Farah Habib,
Volume 11, Issue 2 (7-2021)
Abstract
Aims: Residential use prevents effective communication between the monument and the audience, therefore the new type of use that is assigned to them during the restoration process is significant. The main purpose of this article is to analyze the adaptive reuse of the Tehran valuable houses by Tehran Beautification Organization and Municipality of Tehran based on the place-based contemporization model.
Materials & Methods: The qualitative research method is adopted based on the "synchronic discourse analysis". By examining the place-based contemporization approach, the participation of all stakeholders and influential people is inevitably divergent. Considering different groups in nine case studies of changing the use of historic houses in Tehran, the quality of the neighborhood is analyzed with the approach of the article. The process of changing the use of historic houses was also explained based on this model.
Findings: In all cases, developmental discourse, including local restoration, quality enhancement and development stimulus has a higher score than all other discourses. The discourse of unconscious reproduction involves the use of place and interactions and experiences after developmental discourse is important.
Conclusion: In the highperformance architecture theory, contemporization and reuse of the valuable houses in Tehran with the approach of the article can make these houses a better place and link them to the neighborhood. The conclusion highlighs the successful record of the Tehran Beautification Organization and the Municipality of Tehran in contemporization of the Tehran valuable houses; as well as benefits and drawbacks.
Melika Mottaghi, Dr. Vida Norouzborazjani, Dr. Mozayan Dehbashisharif,
Volume 11, Issue 2 (7-2021)
Abstract
The key to the survival of a historical building is in its active mode and the spirit of dynamism in it. The dynamism of space is always an opportunity to create a stronger relationship between architecture and society, to organize sustainable urban development. Hence, in-between urban networks are highly important in reviving urban dynamism.
The purpose of this article is to recognize and analyze the areas affecting urban dynamism interacting with the concept of in-between space, with the solution of changing the land-use of sumptuous historical buildings based on neighborhood-based contemporization model and seeks to answer the question how intracity dynamism is defined as in-between space.
In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the process of analysis proceeds by selecting valuable historical buildings and how to change their land-use. This study aims to study the impact of changes in the land-use of selected buildings as an in-between space in urban dynamism by qualitative research of the indicators derived from the contemporization theory and has evaluated the effectiveness of metrics using the opinions of four groups of participants.
Several rehabilitated historical houses in Tehran were analyzed with TND approach and an emphasis on the neighborhood-based contemporization theory, then areas and strategies affecting urban dynamism resulting from land-use change were extracted, and finally, the most obvious effective characteristics in selected in-between buildings were introduced as urban communication network.
Fatemeh Karimi, Samaneh Jalilisadrabad, Fatemeh Borji,
Volume 11, Issue 2 (7-2021)
Abstract
Objectives: Kazemian House is one of the historical monuments in Tehran; Which has been renovated and changed to the Tehran Museum House. In this research, the degree of stability in changing the use of Kazemian house as a sample of modern heritage which has experienced adaptive reuse by Tehran Beautification Organization and Municipality of Tehran.
Methods: This is an applied research and the data collection method is documentary and field studies. First, the principles and indicators of research are studied. Then, in order to analyze the indicators in Kazemian House, 15 experts and specialists in this field have been observed and interviewed.
Finding: The results indicate a high level of social stability due to maintaining and strengthening the ense of time, sense of place, social vitality and collective recollection, high level of physical stability due to flexible changes and maintaining the principles, structure, and historical cultural values of the building, Low sustainability performance due to low diversity of use and activity and low adaptation to the needs of the inhabitants of the surrounding area, economic stability at a low level due to low economic profitability and environmental sustainability at medium level.
Conclusion: criteria such as an adaptive land use change in historic houses by observing specific principles and processes, paying attention to social and cultural values of the building, paying attention to environmental values and market values, and creating continuous economic prosperity in creating sustainable development in historic houses and moving along Sustainable development is considered adequate.
Keywords: Sustainable development, Sustainability, Historic house, Tehran Beautification Organization, Municipality of Tehran, Modern heritage
Mohammadmehdi Moulaii, Naeemeh Jodeyriheydari, Kheirollah Hemati,
Volume 11, Issue 2 (7-2021)
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Aims: The contemporization of historic houses is an opportunity to develop sustainable tourism with the aim of boosting valuable cultural and historical contexts. The purpose of this study is to investigate one of the buildings changed by the "Tehran Beautification Organization" and "Tehran Municipality" called "Arbab-Hormoz Mansion". The analysis of variables shows that this building serves as a potential for creating a tourist attraction in urban spaces, the city of Tehran.
Methods: The conceptual framework of the research is based on the "highperformance architecture theory"; therefore, it has a persuasive nature and is based on the architectural design process. The research method is descriptive-analytical, and data collection has been done through documentary and archives, and diagnostic observation has been done in this area.
Findings: The findings show that the Tehran Beautification Organization has been successful in adaptive reuse of Arbab-Hormoz Mansion, so that it has become one of the urban tourism hubs in the northeast of Tehran.
Conclusion: The results of the study indicate the importance and impact of the initiative of Tehran Municipality in changing the use of historic houses in Tehran. These houses are considered as a factor of sustainable development in the old urban contexts in line with the attractive urban tourism policies. Transforming the modern heritage into a tourism hub is a factor in the prosperity of civic participation, Islamic and Iranian ethics and behavior, the emergence of creativity and empowerment of the people, creating sustainable employment, strengthening family relationships and developing cultural and social skills.
Amir Bahramipanah, Elnaz Amirzadehdana,
Volume 11, Issue 2 (7-2021)
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Aims: Residential and residential use is a complete example of Iranian architecture that is full of aesthetic and technical teachings for modernity in the present time. The main purpose is to introduce architectural guidelines in the concepts of sustainability, taking into account local traditions and values.
Tools and Methods: The method of qualitative research is based on logical reasoning. The study sample has been purposefully selected from among the modified houses by the Tehran City Beautification Organization and Tehran Municipality. The enamel house is located between Naser Khan Ansha and Kamraniyeh alleys on Valiasr Street, above Moniriyeh Square in Moniriyeh neighborhood, which has been given to the citizens after changing the use.
Results: The research results show the lasting values of the enamel house as an example of the precious stones of traditional Iranian architecture. The results show that the change of use of this house has caused more interaction between home and city, a dilapidated house has become a source of inspiration for architecture today and in the future, concepts that are all in the direction of moving towards sustainability.
Conclusion: Enamel house is a valuable model of the treasures of traditional Iranian architectural teachings and the ancient texture of Tehran, which can be considered a valuable example of the manifestation of sustainability in Iranian architecture and urban planning. Conclusion The article comes with guidelines that will be useful as guides or guidelines for designing sustainable homes.
Sara Fardpour,
Volume 12, Issue 3 (9-2022)
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Aims: Original design can be evaluated by emphasizing the recognition of the original meaning of native architecture. Therefore, the interaction of past and new meanings of architecture through the continuation of originality using new materials, has a high position in today's world. The purpose of this article is to identify and analyze modern patterns in interaction with the two concepts of past originality and future technology in the use of materials in the facades of contemporary buildings in Iran. Do they step in synchronously with the architectural facade or are they in opposition?
Methods: In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the process of analysis and evaluation is carried out by selecting the works of the architectural index and how to use the materials in the facade.
This research tries to examine the facades of index buildings in terms of materials through qualitative studies and has evaluated the interaction of materials and the originality of the building facades by using fuzzy logic as a systematic theory.
Findings: Research findings show the use of traditional materials along with modern technology; Establishes an interactive process between the original patterns of the past and the dream of the future.
Conclusion: Inspired by the original and sustainable patterns of Iranian architecture with modern expression, it is an effective approach in creating outstanding architecture.
Majid Riyahizadeh, Mohammadmansour Falamaki, Mohamadreza Pourzargar,
Volume 12, Issue 3 (9-2022)
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Aims: The heritage of early modern architecture in the first Pahlavi era, represents the concept of identity in a new domain which could be attributed to discontinuity of traditional Iranian architecture. Historical architecture in the first Pahlavi era is one of the first attempts made to protract the identity of Iranian architecture in its new shape. The present study was an attempt to retrieve the roots and levels of the historical approach in the first Pahlavi era to explain how identity remains embedded in the modern architectural heritage of this era.
Methods: in the present qualitative study, a descriptive-analytical approach is used to decipher the relationship between the cultural values of modern architectural heritage and the concept of identity in architecture. Using relevant documents, the researcher has tried to explore the trend of architecture formation in the Pahlavi era. By studying library sources, the researcher has also tried to analyze the concept of identity in architecture as well as components affiliated with that. In the next step, an inferential approach is used to investigate the relationship between historicism and identity development in the modern architecture heritage and the results are used to analyze a series of selected buildings associated with the historicism current of the first Pahlavi era.
Findings: Imitative, schematic and conceptual historicism are three components of retrospective approach that are directly correlated with different levels of identity: formal, inferential and semantic.
Conclusion: In the architectural heritage of the first Pahlavi era, Identity is, from a historical perspective, formally transferred through a direct perception and objective adaptation to the attributes of historical architecture in Iran. In the wake of that, another group of buildings was formed, which transferred identity through content representation and as a result of indirect use of Iranian architectural elements and the refinement and abstraction of historical components. Despite emphasizing on similarities, these buildings actually depict a cultural distinction in architectural heritage of this era.
Ali Tahmouri, Behrouz Mansouri, Shadi Azizi,
Volume 12, Issue 3 (9-2022)
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Aims: Architecture as one of the ways to create a work, while using art, is a combination of thought and technology. What sets an architectural work apart from other works is that it is more valuable than providing shelter; In other words, in addition to the functional aspect, it also expresses the characteristic of beauty and higher transcendent concepts. This type of architecture, as a valuable heritage, has the ability to remain in history and the role of technology in the production of such heritage has always been one of the influential parameters. When an architectural design is formed as a special work of art, it is affected by the technology and it has become symbolic in this state. The purpose of this study is to investigate this secondary aspect of technology and its role in the production of heritage of contemporary architecture.
Methods: The research is Combined and uses a Grounded Theory. Through descriptive-analytical methods, by examining the heritage of contemporary architecture as well as the aspects of the effects of technology and its role, the factors affecting architecture have been analyzed
Findings: Examining the identity samples of contemporary architecture as a lasting heritage with different geographical distribution shows that jointly the characteristics of form, function and beauty in the areas of formal configuration, spatial organization and facade composition can be analyzed and compared.
Conclusion: The nature of the architecture of funds at the intersection of art, science, technique, depending on the time and the context has been changed and the creation of a lasting architectural heritage has depended on the level of technological advancement of its time.
Haniyeh Sadat Rezayee, Mohammad Hassan Talebian, سمیه Fadaei Nezhad Bahramjerdi,
Volume 12, Issue 3 (9-2022)
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Aims: The industrial heritage buildings and sites can be a stage for people to meet, which create memorable experiences. Adaptive reuse of such buildings by applying the experience economy can provide more suggestions so that they can be exploited appropriately by designing different experiences.
Methods: In the present research, related documents and theories are studied by the lense of logical argumentation strategy. "personal context", "social context" and "physical context" based on the theoretical framework of the research have been emphasized.
Finding: The design of experience in Rey Cement factory has been done based on these three components using four realms of Pin and Gilmore. Therefore, proposed uses have been defined according to the principles considered in this research, considering the authenticity of the industrial site and the production of new collective experiences, the result of which is the coexistence of different uses in this site.
Conclusion: The industrial heritage of is the basis for the growth and development. Nowadays, conservation and adaptive reuse of such buildings can be in line with their previous goals in economic development. experience design is one of the newest ways in economics. The results of the research show that experience based design can be a useful tool for heritage conservation. And this research tries to deal with heritage tourism from an experience-based perspective based on the criteria obtained from the conceptual framework of the research. And to better explain the approach, suggestions have been made for the experience-based design of Ray Cement Factory.
Babak Behnava, Mohammadreza Pourzargar,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (4-2023)
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Aims: After the industrial revolution, Architectes encountered a variety of concerns. Among those were the altercation between identity and new technologies, in which some believed these two elements were directly opposite. In this regard, the main goal of the research is to explain the theoretical relationship between new technologies and the building's formal framework in the architectural works of the last four decades in Iran to provide a strategy to improve its contemporary architecture.
Methods: The research is a combined research and consists of descriptive-analytical and survey from a methodological point of view and is practical research in terms of its purpose. After examining the relevant theoretical foundations, the criteria are determined, and the samples are defined and analyzed based on the main criteria. The resulting data are presented as a questionnaire to the expert statistical community. SmartPLS was used to validate the questionnaire, and Friedman's test was used in SPSS software to prioritize the data.
Findings: the findings indicate that most experts believe that the most significant impact of new technologies in Contemporary Iranian Architecture should occur in the three main dimensions: flexibility in construction, high-speed construction, and safety of new materials against fire.
Conclusion: by examining the multi-functional buildings of the last four decades specifically in the last decade, the widespread attention of contemporary designers and architects is to use new technologies in the aesthetic aspects of buildings, which has led to the decline of the building's identity when employing modern technologies to it.
Somayeh Pourbagher,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (1-2024)
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Aims: Emerging technology is a part of the international identity of contemporary architecture. Architectural algorithms as a practical tool have influenced modern designs. The aim of the research is to reformulate future architecture through examination of the visual, form and functional characteristics of buildings. Achieving the goal of the research requires creating a theoretical framework for the role of emerging technologies and determining the levels and mechanisms of their application to form the identity of highperformance architecture.
Methods: The research methodology is a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods with a theorization approach and exploratory survey of examples of projects that have been influenced by emerging technologies. The results have been analyzed based on three-way analysis, Likert scale and using SPSS statistical software.
Findings: The main indicators investigated in the research have an effective role with an impact rate of 40 to 100 percent. The obtained numerical results indicate the confirmation of research hypotheses and the necessity of a designerly approach to highperformance architecture.
Conclusion: The results of the research emphasize the capacity of emerging technologies in interaction with contextual identity. The results concluded in the significance of highlighting the Islamic Iranian identity of the country as a field for realizing the highperformance architecture theory. The conclusion of the research shows that a designerly approach to highperformance architecture is a prerequisite to interaction between context and emerging technologies. Islamic Iranian identity should be seen as a scene for visioning the future architecture and the architecture of the future.
Alireza Malekkavkani, Farhang Mozaffar, Mohsen Vafamehr,
Volume 14, Issue 1 (3-2024)
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Aims: Geometry and ornaments are one of the most important elements of mosque architecture. Mosque is also the most prominent portion in Muslim construction. Considering the physical and semantic dimensions of mosques, geometry and ornaments, in addition to the function of geometrical structuring and adorning the space, it cause the appearance of divine names and attributes in the mosque. The necessity and importance of this research originates from the fact that importance of meaning and virtue is not less than its construction and we should not be limited only to the external aspects of the mosque. Taking advantage of appropriate geometry and ornaments, the most important purpose of research is to improve the architectural design of the mosque naves. Materials and methods: Contemporary landmark mosques, considered as immanent legacies, were selected as the case study and correlation, Delphi and case research methods and questionnaires, interviews, surveys, and statistical analysis software were used. Initially, through interviews and questionnaires from elites, then through questionnaires from experts and in three valuable contemporary mosques, the users of the mosque were surveyed and the data were analyzed through statistical software. Findings: the appropriate utilization of geometry and ornaments, in addition to improving the architectural design, manifests the spiritual meaning and virtu in the mosque naves.. Conclusion: The purposeful use of geometry and ornamental decorations in mosques, with proper expression and the use of advanced materials and technologies, lead to the way to the improvement of the spirituality of mosques;
Kimia Biglarbeygi, Seyed Ali Safavi,
Volume 14, Issue 3 (11-2024)
Abstract
Aims: The main objective of this research is to examine the factors influencing the improvement of the design quality of pedestrian tourism routes in selected routes in Tehran city and identify the challenges and issues associated with these routes, as well as the expectations of tourists from these routes.
Methods: The analytical and descriptive methodology is employed in this study. The required information and data are gathered from library sources. In the next stage, through field surveys, a questionnaire is developed and administered. The study population consists of 384 experts in the fields of tourism, management, and urban design, as well as street vendors and tourists in the targeted area. They were selected using a simple random sampling method. The research questionnaire was developed by the researcher and its content and face validity were confirmed by the guidance of professors, advisors, and experts in the field of management and urban design. SPSS23 software was used for data analysis.
Findings: the findings include two quantitative and qualitative divisions; to answer the research questions in the quantitative analysis findings of the SPSS software and the qualitative findings based on the main purpose of the research, by examining the domestic and foreign scientific research articles, the five main factors influencing the quality improvement of walking tourism routes have been achieved.
Conclusion: In this study, five questions including the role of diversity of use, vitality, cultural flexibility, importance to the environment and accessibility in the design quality of walking tourism routes have been examined.
Maleka Negari, Javad Javanmajidi, Elham Alavizadeh,
Volume 15, Issue 1 (3-2025)
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Aims: Healthy and sustainable housing, along with environmental quality, plays a key role in improving social health. This study examines the concepts of environmental quality as an independent variable and social health as a dependent variable, analyzing the impact of these factors on contemporary housing.
Methods: In terms of method, the current research is among mixed research (qualitative-quantitative) and in terms of method and tools, the desired research method is in the qualitative part of the interview and with the focus group method (FGD and the quantitative part of the questionnaire). It was a survey method and data analysis was done using SPSS and Lisrel software with structural equation tests.
Findings: According to the results obtained from analyzing the hypotheses, the components of environmental quality—including economic aspects, human-social dimensions, environmental factors, functional aspects, physical attributes of residential units, aesthetic-formal qualities, visual appeal, the use of natural elements, lighting, safety, and semantic-perceptual features—have a significant impact on improving social health in residential complexes in Ardabil. The factor loadings of the components, ranked in order of impact, are as follows: use of natural elements (0.73), economic aspects (0.70), safety (0.65), visual appeal (0.59), aesthetic-formal qualities (0.53), environmental factors (0.48), human-social dimensions (0.47), functional aspects and lighting (0.46), and physical attributes of residential units (0.42).
Conclusion: Based on these findings, it can be concluded that in order to increase the level of social health in residential complexes, more attention should be paid to environmental quality indicators.
Hamed Abedini, Simon Ayvazian, Darab Diba,
Volume 15, Issue 3 (12-2025)
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Aims: Ekbatan Town in Tehran, recognized as one of the prominent legacies of contemporary Iranian architecture, has consistently attracted attention for its distinctive network of public spaces. This study seeks to offer an interpretive analysis of the semantic system embedded in these public spaces, drawing on the lived experiences and meaning-making practices of its residents.
Methods: This study adopts an ethnographic approach within the interpretive-constructivist paradigm. Field observations and interviews with residents of Ekbatan Phase 1 were conducted to explore their lived experiences, which were subsequently analyzed to interpret the semantic constructs they had developed.
Findings: The semantic system within Ekbatan's public spaces is shaped by meaning-making elements such as language, context, history, and symbols. These elements were analyzed through semantic units, which led to identifying initial and core themes, ultimately culminating in extracting semantic constructs. Key constructs identified include spatial identity distinct from the city, narrative and spatial experiences, urban civility and social activism, as well as the historical characteristics of the space and its architecture in daily life.
Conclusion: The lived experiences of Ekbatan residents underscore the critical role of public spaces in residential complexes in shaping social and cultural semantics. This research illustrates that attention to the semantic systems of public spaces can enhance the quality of life, strengthen urban identity, and promote the long-term well-being of residents in social housing projects across the country.
