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La ville de Lar, capitale de l'État historique du Grand Laristan, qui régnait sur les ports du su... more La ville de Lar, capitale de l'État historique du Grand Laristan, qui régnait sur les ports du sud de l'Iran, est l'une des rares villes à avoir préservé son identité culturelle et sa structure physique résistantes à la nature de la civilisation préislamique périodes jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Si le critère pour établir l'emplacement d'une ville était un accès raisonnable aux ressources vitales, en particulier l'eau, Lar ne pourrait même pas être considérée comme une ville avec une situation géographique moyenne. Le climat chaud et aride de Lar rend inimaginable de vivre sans eau. En conséquence, privés de Qanats, le système d'approvisionnement en eau historique iranien le plus important et le plus efficace, les habitants de Lar ont apprivoisé les eaux pluviales de la mousson comme une opportunité unique pour développer et consolider la civilisation à travers l'histoire avec un tact exemplaire. Ils ont fait de Lar le pôle commercial historique le plus riche du sud de l'Iran. La structure physique de la vieille ville de Lar englobe des citernes souterraines, appelées «étang» dans le dialecte local, avec un dôme parabolique traditionnel comme point focal de ses quartiers, et chaque quartier s'est développé autour d'un ou plusieurs noeuds principaux centrés sur ces citernes. Cette structure a progressivement évolué, et parallèlement à sa croissance, un réseau de canaux souterrains, appelé 'mamarr' signifie littéralement conduit, a interconnecté les citernes. Chaque année, lors des pluies de mousson, les eaux pluviales pénètrent dans ce réseau souterrain par la rivière saisonnière de la ville historique et, en utilisant des méthodes historiques encore courantes, remplissent les citernes les unes après les autres selon la séquence de gravité naturelle. Les gens utilisent cette eau comme seule source d'eau potable, et leur activité de charité sociale la plus importante, en plus de la dotation foncière, est la participation à la restauration et à la réparation rituelle des citernes. Dans l'image mentale des habitants, chaque citerne est un repère puissant renforçant leurs liens locaux. Ainsi, l'héritage historique d'une gestion prudente des eaux pluviales est le principal facteur de création de cohésion sociale dans une ville qui a survécu à toutes les menaces historiques. Cet article, s'appuyant sur les études de cinq ans des auteurs pour compiler le premier 'plan détaillé spécialisé' d'une vieille ville d'Iran, réinterprète la structure physique et sociale de la ville, en mettant l'accent sur le rôle continu du stockage de l'eau et des eaux pluviales dans l'exemple urbain le plus original d'Iran.
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](Journal of Anthropological and Archaeological Sciences
to an interpretative-analytical approach elaborated by projecting the focal points of the events ... more to an interpretative-analytical approach elaborated by projecting the focal points of the events into a symbolic composition of a geometric pattern leading to the "Symbol." The photographs used for the purpose is the rare and precious images from the crucial moments of Iran's contemporary history in the early 1950s' taken by the Life magazine's famous photojournalist, Dmitri Kessel [4]. His classic photos have the speaking ability to show hidden parts of the story. The photographs used in this study as a storytelling medium had been partially published in Life magazine's "Week's Events" and "Photographic Essays" between 1951 to 1953. These photographs, circulating online during recent years, have attracted many enthusiasts and Iranian History amateurs, being individually narrated or interpreted, some of which completely ignored, not making a coherent and unified story related to the actual events of that period. A powerful and remarkable story could emerge by exploring the depth of the political events and creating a location and event and time-based identification of each photograph. Another photo archives that helped the authors considerably were the exquisite photographs from 'Photo Vahé,' a local studio in 'Nāderi Avenue' active since the early 1930s [5].
The International Journal of the History of Sport
cultural geographies
Since one of cultural geography’s aims is to understand how human cultures influence the landscap... more Since one of cultural geography’s aims is to understand how human cultures influence the landscape, the geobiography of a modest artifact can be a readable clue concerning a larger cultural context. This article discusses how diasporic cultural mobility finds its way from the place of origin to the place of settlement. The story begins in Soviet Russia in the twilight of the 1930s when the Red Revolution has driven many people to flee their homeland and continues in Iran before and during World War II. A family of White emigrants from Ukraine came to Iran in the 1930s. They tried to relive sweet memories of distant years in the village of Damavand outside Tehran by finding a Russian-style summer residence, ‘dacha’, in the context of Iranian culture and geographical territory. In late Summer 1941, a taxi driver entrusted an old engraved copper pot to them as a guarantee to return and take them to Tehran, which Allied forces had occupied. Four generations have continuously cared for t...
Naqshejahan- Basic studies and New Technologies of Architecture and Planning, Jul 10, 2016
Developed world and developing countries are different in urbanization process and the proportion... more Developed world and developing countries are different in urbanization process and the proportion of people living in cities. But population growth rate is a global trend. Diagnosis and understanding the changing urban growth pattern is very critical and necessary. Results of different studies show that spatial temporal metrics are useful method for description, quantification and understanding of the spatial patterns of urban growth and association of the spatial patterns with population growth and socio-economic processes. On this basis, the main purpose of the current study is to determine the spatial-temporal growth of Tehran megapolis between 1973-2014, using Landsat images and spatial metrics.
Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020
Abstract Rapid urban development has posed destructive effects on the visual quality of many citi... more Abstract Rapid urban development has posed destructive effects on the visual quality of many cities over the past few decades. Consequently, Visibility Analysis (VA) methods have been adopted to evaluate and prevent the visual influences of the development over valuable scenes. Shiraz' strategic view of the Quran Gate, in especial, is known for its remarkable landmarks, while the visual effects of the recent rapid urban growth on the view have been a matter of concern. The future of the view is even more at risk due to the lack of synergy between the urban development plan and historic preservation regulation. Consequently, this study aims to undertake a Visibility Analysis of the height regulation of the Shiraz Development Plan on the view of the Quran Gate. In this essence, two 3D models of the study area are produced based on the existing condition and the Shiraz Development Plan scenario. By choosing seventeen key viewpoints, visibility analysis of landmarks and viewpoints was conducted. The results demonstrate the destructive visual effects of the development plan on the strategic view. It is suggested that the proposed cost-efficient methodology can minimize subjective evaluation and contribute to the synergy between development and conservation plans.
cultural geographies, 2019
Considering that cultural geography traces the cultural flows and explores the relation of cultur... more Considering that cultural geography traces the cultural flows and explores the relation of culture to place, for us, as urban researchers and the grandchildren of immigrant families, inquiring how Anzali port city in northern Iran evolved into a ‘pseudo-European’ city and then fell into decline was a concern. We had the privilege to be quite familiar with immigrant communities, cultural behaviors, and everyday customs in Anzali and seemingly were the last generation with this knowledge, as today, the ‘extinction’ of all those people has left only a shadow of what once was a lively community. Studying the city’s actual deteriorating state, we became persuaded to make a small remark on Anzali’s vanishing cultural legacy, mixing our family’s history with historical and pictorial documents. The following text is a shortcut to what at least four generations of immigrants have lived and how they practiced their culture in a welcoming land, ending with an epilogue on a present picture of t...
Aims: This study establishes a contextual qualitative and quantitative evaluation of acoustic vit... more Aims: This study establishes a contextual qualitative and quantitative evaluation of acoustic vitality in a public urban space (Darvazeh Isfahan) in Shiraz. Methods: In quantitative part, by using acoustic simulation software (Ease4.3), measurable characteristics of sound including Sound Pressure Level (SPL), Sound Clarity (C), and Sound Transmission Index (STI) were examined. In the qualitative part, by conducting a sound-walk questionnaire, 30 space-users were interviewed at different periods of a working day. Simultaneously, we used a calibrated voice recorder and mapped the overall perceived-sound pressure of urban space. Findings: The results showed instability in SPL at high ranges. It means that the fibre absorbers or street wall materials had acted insufficiently. The analysis also revealed a relatively normal Sound Transmission Index. However, the sound clarity in 50 milliseconds and 80 milliseconds were higher than average. On the qualitative evaluation part, the main soun...
مهم زا یکی ییاضف تلادع رما هک تسا یلئاسم نیرت همانرب زا یرایسب نهذ هزو هب ار یرهش نازیر هداد صاصت... more مهم زا یکی ییاضف تلادع رما هک تسا یلئاسم نیرت همانرب زا یرایسب نهذ هزو هب ار یرهش نازیر هداد صاصتخا دوخ ییادج .تسا ینیزگ نلاک حطس رد ییاضف تلادع ققحت زا عنام هک تسا یلماوع زا یکی یرهش یاه یم اهرهش و دوش هورگ عمجت یارب ار هنیمز یگژیو اب اه یم مهارف هدودحم کی رد هباشم یعامتجا و یداصتقا یاه قوا یهاگ .دنک تا هورگ ییادج هب رجنم رما نیا سامت زا عنام و هدش رهش حطس رد هفرم و مورحم یاه هنیمز هک یتاقبط نیب یاه زاس هزب و رقف ،تیمورحم شیازفا یم یراک یم ؛دشاب ییاضف یاهوگلا یسررب شهوژپ نیا فده .دوش ییادج ینیزگ رد دهشم رهش هب ناونع نلاک نیمود یم ناریا رهش یمه هب .دشاب نیا هب هجوت اب روظنم ن زا یدبلاک دومن کی نکسم هک یگژیو یداصتقا یاه و یعامتجا یم نآ رد نکاس یاهراوناخ افیا رهش رد یدیلک و مهم شقن کی دوخ و دشاب یم دنک دعب ریغتم شش ، نامتخاس تیفیک ،ینوکسم دحاو رد قاتا دادعت ،ینوکسم لزانم تحاسم ،راوناخ لوط ،اه
International Journal of Architectural Heritage
La ville de Lar, capitale de l'État historique du Grand Laristan, qui régnait sur les ports du su... more La ville de Lar, capitale de l'État historique du Grand Laristan, qui régnait sur les ports du sud de l'Iran, est l'une des rares villes à avoir préservé son identité culturelle et sa structure physique résistantes à la nature de la civilisation préislamique périodes jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Si le critère pour établir l'emplacement d'une ville était un accès raisonnable aux ressources vitales, en particulier l'eau, Lar ne pourrait même pas être considérée comme une ville avec une situation géographique moyenne. Le climat chaud et aride de Lar rend inimaginable de vivre sans eau. En conséquence, privés de Qanats, le système d'approvisionnement en eau historique iranien le plus important et le plus efficace, les habitants de Lar ont apprivoisé les eaux pluviales de la mousson comme une opportunité unique pour développer et consolider la civilisation à travers l'histoire avec un tact exemplaire. Ils ont fait de Lar le pôle commercial historique le plus riche du sud de l'Iran. La structure physique de la vieille ville de Lar englobe des citernes souterraines, appelées «étang» dans le dialecte local, avec un dôme parabolique traditionnel comme point focal de ses quartiers, et chaque quartier s'est développé autour d'un ou plusieurs noeuds principaux centrés sur ces citernes. Cette structure a progressivement évolué, et parallèlement à sa croissance, un réseau de canaux souterrains, appelé 'mamarr' signifie littéralement conduit, a interconnecté les citernes. Chaque année, lors des pluies de mousson, les eaux pluviales pénètrent dans ce réseau souterrain par la rivière saisonnière de la ville historique et, en utilisant des méthodes historiques encore courantes, remplissent les citernes les unes après les autres selon la séquence de gravité naturelle. Les gens utilisent cette eau comme seule source d'eau potable, et leur activité de charité sociale la plus importante, en plus de la dotation foncière, est la participation à la restauration et à la réparation rituelle des citernes. Dans l'image mentale des habitants, chaque citerne est un repère puissant renforçant leurs liens locaux. Ainsi, l'héritage historique d'une gestion prudente des eaux pluviales est le principal facteur de création de cohésion sociale dans une ville qui a survécu à toutes les menaces historiques. Cet article, s'appuyant sur les études de cinq ans des auteurs pour compiler le premier 'plan détaillé spécialisé' d'une vieille ville d'Iran, réinterprète la structure physique et sociale de la ville, en mettant l'accent sur le rôle continu du stockage de l'eau et des eaux pluviales dans l'exemple urbain le plus original d'Iran.
Journal of Anthropological and Archaeological Sciences
to an interpretative-analytical approach elaborated by projecting the focal points of the events ... more to an interpretative-analytical approach elaborated by projecting the focal points of the events into a symbolic composition of a geometric pattern leading to the "Symbol." The photographs used for the purpose is the rare and precious images from the crucial moments of Iran's contemporary history in the early 1950s' taken by the Life magazine's famous photojournalist, Dmitri Kessel [4]. His classic photos have the speaking ability to show hidden parts of the story. The photographs used in this study as a storytelling medium had been partially published in Life magazine's "Week's Events" and "Photographic Essays" between 1951 to 1953. These photographs, circulating online during recent years, have attracted many enthusiasts and Iranian History amateurs, being individually narrated or interpreted, some of which completely ignored, not making a coherent and unified story related to the actual events of that period. A powerful and remarkable story could emerge by exploring the depth of the political events and creating a location and event and time-based identification of each photograph. Another photo archives that helped the authors considerably were the exquisite photographs from 'Photo Vahé,' a local studio in 'Nāderi Avenue' active since the early 1930s [5].
The International Journal of the History of Sport
cultural geographies
Since one of cultural geography’s aims is to understand how human cultures influence the landscap... more Since one of cultural geography’s aims is to understand how human cultures influence the landscape, the geobiography of a modest artifact can be a readable clue concerning a larger cultural context. This article discusses how diasporic cultural mobility finds its way from the place of origin to the place of settlement. The story begins in Soviet Russia in the twilight of the 1930s when the Red Revolution has driven many people to flee their homeland and continues in Iran before and during World War II. A family of White emigrants from Ukraine came to Iran in the 1930s. They tried to relive sweet memories of distant years in the village of Damavand outside Tehran by finding a Russian-style summer residence, ‘dacha’, in the context of Iranian culture and geographical territory. In late Summer 1941, a taxi driver entrusted an old engraved copper pot to them as a guarantee to return and take them to Tehran, which Allied forces had occupied. Four generations have continuously cared for t...
Naqshejahan- Basic studies and New Technologies of Architecture and Planning, Jul 10, 2016
Developed world and developing countries are different in urbanization process and the proportion... more Developed world and developing countries are different in urbanization process and the proportion of people living in cities. But population growth rate is a global trend. Diagnosis and understanding the changing urban growth pattern is very critical and necessary. Results of different studies show that spatial temporal metrics are useful method for description, quantification and understanding of the spatial patterns of urban growth and association of the spatial patterns with population growth and socio-economic processes. On this basis, the main purpose of the current study is to determine the spatial-temporal growth of Tehran megapolis between 1973-2014, using Landsat images and spatial metrics.
Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020
Abstract Rapid urban development has posed destructive effects on the visual quality of many citi... more Abstract Rapid urban development has posed destructive effects on the visual quality of many cities over the past few decades. Consequently, Visibility Analysis (VA) methods have been adopted to evaluate and prevent the visual influences of the development over valuable scenes. Shiraz' strategic view of the Quran Gate, in especial, is known for its remarkable landmarks, while the visual effects of the recent rapid urban growth on the view have been a matter of concern. The future of the view is even more at risk due to the lack of synergy between the urban development plan and historic preservation regulation. Consequently, this study aims to undertake a Visibility Analysis of the height regulation of the Shiraz Development Plan on the view of the Quran Gate. In this essence, two 3D models of the study area are produced based on the existing condition and the Shiraz Development Plan scenario. By choosing seventeen key viewpoints, visibility analysis of landmarks and viewpoints was conducted. The results demonstrate the destructive visual effects of the development plan on the strategic view. It is suggested that the proposed cost-efficient methodology can minimize subjective evaluation and contribute to the synergy between development and conservation plans.
cultural geographies, 2019
Considering that cultural geography traces the cultural flows and explores the relation of cultur... more Considering that cultural geography traces the cultural flows and explores the relation of culture to place, for us, as urban researchers and the grandchildren of immigrant families, inquiring how Anzali port city in northern Iran evolved into a ‘pseudo-European’ city and then fell into decline was a concern. We had the privilege to be quite familiar with immigrant communities, cultural behaviors, and everyday customs in Anzali and seemingly were the last generation with this knowledge, as today, the ‘extinction’ of all those people has left only a shadow of what once was a lively community. Studying the city’s actual deteriorating state, we became persuaded to make a small remark on Anzali’s vanishing cultural legacy, mixing our family’s history with historical and pictorial documents. The following text is a shortcut to what at least four generations of immigrants have lived and how they practiced their culture in a welcoming land, ending with an epilogue on a present picture of t...
Aims: This study establishes a contextual qualitative and quantitative evaluation of acoustic vit... more Aims: This study establishes a contextual qualitative and quantitative evaluation of acoustic vitality in a public urban space (Darvazeh Isfahan) in Shiraz. Methods: In quantitative part, by using acoustic simulation software (Ease4.3), measurable characteristics of sound including Sound Pressure Level (SPL), Sound Clarity (C), and Sound Transmission Index (STI) were examined. In the qualitative part, by conducting a sound-walk questionnaire, 30 space-users were interviewed at different periods of a working day. Simultaneously, we used a calibrated voice recorder and mapped the overall perceived-sound pressure of urban space. Findings: The results showed instability in SPL at high ranges. It means that the fibre absorbers or street wall materials had acted insufficiently. The analysis also revealed a relatively normal Sound Transmission Index. However, the sound clarity in 50 milliseconds and 80 milliseconds were higher than average. On the qualitative evaluation part, the main soun...
مهم زا یکی ییاضف تلادع رما هک تسا یلئاسم نیرت همانرب زا یرایسب نهذ هزو هب ار یرهش نازیر هداد صاصت... more مهم زا یکی ییاضف تلادع رما هک تسا یلئاسم نیرت همانرب زا یرایسب نهذ هزو هب ار یرهش نازیر هداد صاصتخا دوخ ییادج .تسا ینیزگ نلاک حطس رد ییاضف تلادع ققحت زا عنام هک تسا یلماوع زا یکی یرهش یاه یم اهرهش و دوش هورگ عمجت یارب ار هنیمز یگژیو اب اه یم مهارف هدودحم کی رد هباشم یعامتجا و یداصتقا یاه قوا یهاگ .دنک تا هورگ ییادج هب رجنم رما نیا سامت زا عنام و هدش رهش حطس رد هفرم و مورحم یاه هنیمز هک یتاقبط نیب یاه زاس هزب و رقف ،تیمورحم شیازفا یم یراک یم ؛دشاب ییاضف یاهوگلا یسررب شهوژپ نیا فده .دوش ییادج ینیزگ رد دهشم رهش هب ناونع نلاک نیمود یم ناریا رهش یمه هب .دشاب نیا هب هجوت اب روظنم ن زا یدبلاک دومن کی نکسم هک یگژیو یداصتقا یاه و یعامتجا یم نآ رد نکاس یاهراوناخ افیا رهش رد یدیلک و مهم شقن کی دوخ و دشاب یم دنک دعب ریغتم شش ، نامتخاس تیفیک ،ینوکسم دحاو رد قاتا دادعت ،ینوکسم لزانم تحاسم ،راوناخ لوط ،اه
International Journal of Architectural Heritage