LALEHZAR – A PROMENADE, FROM GARDEN TO AVENUE

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HABIBI SEYED MOHSEN; AHARI Z.

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Journal: HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA Year:2008 | Volume:- | Issue:34 Page(s): 5-15

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LALEHZAR – A PROMENADE, FROM GARDEN TO AVENUE

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HABIBI SEYED MOHSEN | AHARI Z. | Issue Writer Certificate

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GAS LIGHTNINGQ3

LALEHZAR AVENUEQ3

LALEHZAR GARDENQ3

NEW PLANQ3

TRAMQ3

WESTERNIZATIONQ2

Abstract

During the reign of Nasser Aldine Shah Qajar, the development of relations with Europe provided the conditions for importing thoughts, patterns and commodities to Iran. The travels of Nasser Al Din shah to Europe and his encounter with European cities, especially Paris encouraged him to provide spaces in accordance with Parisian models in Tehran. Imitation of these patterns in urban planning manifested itself in the NEW PLAN for Tehran, when it became Dar Al Caliphate Nasseri – the center of Shiite caliphate in opposition to Ottoman empire which was the center of Sunnite caliphate - and also in designing new spaces. LALEHZAR AVENUE which occupied a part of former LALEHZAR GARDEN (a royal garden outside the city during Fath Ali Shah period) was then one of the prominent spaces within the city walls. In accordance with Shah’s Desire to provide an avenue similar to Champs Elysee, it became a gate to Europe and a showcase for displaying modernity, equipped with modern infrastructures and new architectural styles and a modern space provided in it. It occupied a part of Dolat quarter which was the residence of high class, built in the city after its enlargement and was located in the north of the old city. Lalehzar along with other avenues in this quarter had orthogonal design .It was stone paved and like Chahar bagh of Isfahan equipped with lines of trees and ditches in each side of it. Thus it became a place for promenade of men and women – separately – which walked along it and rested in the shadows of trees, drank tea and smoke. Thus began a new period of women’s presence in the urban scene which was unprecedented. The first urban park in Tehran with Shah’s statue in the middle of it was constructed in front of the house of Cont de Mont fert (the Police Chief of that time) in the north part of the avenue. A zoo (which occupied a part of LALEHZAR GARDEN and was intended for natural science learning at first) was provided in it as well. Some of modern urban facilities like GAS LIGHTNING and TRAM were being introduced there. Although, in contrast to their Parisian model, GAS LIGHTNING was not intended to provide night life in a tradesman society and TRAM was not intended to provide rapid movement of people and commodities in a modern city. So they weren’t maintained properly and decayed rapidly. Gas pipes were cut down and TRAM was used for pastime. In addition there was being introduced a new urban skyline by pitched roofs and a new urban façade by face bricks, balconies and windows overlooking the avenue. This article explains the emergence of lalehzar in Nasser Aldine Shah period and its physical, spatial and urban life characteristics. It is shown how Shah wanted to have a westernized avenue in style of European ones but he was not a developer as the one Marshal Berman illustrates in Faust of Goethe. There was a long way to appear such a person.

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HABIBI, SEYED MOHSEN, & AHARI, Z.. (2008). LALEHZAR – A PROMENADE, FROM GARDEN TO AVENUE. HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA, -(34), 5-15. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/5715/en

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HABIBI SEYED MOHSEN, AHARI Z.. LALEHZAR – A PROMENADE, FROM GARDEN TO AVENUE. HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA[Internet]. 2008;-(34):5-15. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/5715/en

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SEYED MOHSEN HABIBI, and Z. AHARI, “LALEHZAR – A PROMENADE, FROM GARDEN TO AVENUE,” HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA, vol. -, no. 34, pp. 5–15, 2008, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/5715/en

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