THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION TOWERS' ARCHITECTURE ON CREATING SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE CITY (CASE STUDY: MILAD COMMUNICATION TOWER)

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POURMAND HASANALI; GHANBARI JAVID; YOUSEFI MOHAMMAD

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Journal: HOVIATESHAHR Year:2015 | Volume:9 | Issue:21 Page(s): 71-80

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THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION TOWERS' ARCHITECTURE ON CREATING SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE CITY (CASE STUDY: MILAD COMMUNICATION TOWER)

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POURMAND HASANALI | GHANBARI JAVID | YOUSEFI MOHAMMAD | Issue Writer Certificate

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COMMUNICATION TOWERSQ2

SENSE OF BELONGINGQ2

URBAN FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATIONQ2

MILAD COMMUNICATION TOWER COMPLEXQ2

Abstract

COMMUNICATION TOWERS as complicated urban structures face two major concerns namely special architecture and advanced construction technologies in the process of design. These structures as symbols of technological advancement form focusing points on the skylines of modern metropolitans due to symbolic mixture of form and structure. The role of architect in such mega structures is very different from that of ordinary buildings; the architect of a communication tower is the leader of an interdisciplinary team and the product achieved would be the outcome of the way the team has been led and the creative solutions found while encountering existing complexities and constraints; the team is expected to integrate aesthetic and functional issues. It seems that today these tower complexes are used not only for communication purposes but also for strengthening the identity and the image of cities and creating a rich urban focal point.What the authors of this paper have concentrated on is the way the functions in communication tower complexes have been organized and its influence on integration with urban life in local and urban scales. As a consequence of this integration, the citizens form some sort of mental connection with and SENSE OF BELONGING to these urban structures. It could possibly be stated that SENSE OF BELONGING to these structures depends somehow on the way citizens interact with them. The presumption is that from far distances the form, height and the location of the tower leads to create SENSE OF BELONGING and from near, the functional organization of the complex plays the major role. These urban edifices which are used as urban landmarks in the city-scale need to bring about a certain level of integration with and SENSE OF BELONGING in the citizens in order to become Symbols. In an interdisciplinary approach between architecture and urban design which the authors call it Mega Architectural Design the mega function of the tower and the complex in which it is situated and the relation of this whole with urban spaces around are considered.Within this paper the MILAD COMMUNICATION TOWER COMPLEX along with eight similar towers located in different parts of the world and built during recent decades have been described, compared and analyzed with regard to different measures influencing the SENSE OF BELONGING. Some of these measures include the location, symbolism, main features and the purposes for which communication tower complexes have been built. Then, the paper continues with analyzing the arrangement of functions within the complexes both in the tower and other buildings within the complexes. Eventually it comes to the conclusion that from mega architectural design viewpoint these towers could be categorized into three different generations in the latest of which urban entertainment quality and integration to the city are strengthened. Milad communication complex could be considered in the newest generation of towers regarding the time of completion while from the viewpoint of mega architectural function it sits in the list of second generation towers and has not been successful in creating integration with urban life.

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POURMAND, HASANALI, GHANBARI, JAVID, & YOUSEFI, MOHAMMAD. (2015). THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION TOWERS' ARCHITECTURE ON CREATING SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE CITY (CASE STUDY: MILAD COMMUNICATION TOWER). HOVIATESHAHR, 9(21), 71-80. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/154527/en

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POURMAND HASANALI, GHANBARI JAVID, YOUSEFI MOHAMMAD. THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION TOWERS' ARCHITECTURE ON CREATING SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE CITY (CASE STUDY: MILAD COMMUNICATION TOWER). HOVIATESHAHR[Internet]. 2015;9(21):71-80. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/154527/en

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HASANALI POURMAND, JAVID GHANBARI, and MOHAMMAD YOUSEFI, “THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION TOWERS' ARCHITECTURE ON CREATING SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE CITY (CASE STUDY: MILAD COMMUNICATION TOWER),” HOVIATESHAHR, vol. 9, no. 21, pp. 71–80, 2015, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/154527/en

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