URBAN DESIGN IN IRAN: A NEW APPROACH

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BAHRANI S.H.; AMINZADEH B.

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Journal: HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA Year:2006 | Volume:- | Issue:26 Page(s): 13-26

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URBAN DESIGN IN IRAN: A NEW APPROACH

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BAHRANI S.H. | AMINZADEH B. | Issue Writer Certificate

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URBAN DESIGNQ4

URBAN DESIGN PROCESSQ3

NAVAB PROJECTQ3

AMMAR YASER PROJECTQ3

EVALUATIONQ3

IRANQ3

Abstract

The field of URBAN DESIGN was initially created in 1960's aiming at a search for quality cities and urban spaces. Such a search is still going on everywhere with the dual purpose of functional and aesthetic goals, but with different degrees of results. This new discipline and profession has a shorter history in IRAN. It was in 1970 that the first program in URBAN DESIGN was established as an specialization area within the Masters Program of Urban and Regional Planning. The content of this program was, to a large extent, similar to that of the American models, but the quality and mission was never reached to those standards. In spite of numerous experiences during the three decades of the introduction of URBAN DESIGN into our society, no desirable results have been produced and no successful examples have been presented. The new neighborhood of Shushtare-Now in Northern Khozestan, the new city center of Shahestane Pahlavi in Tehran, the reconstruction of Ferdous town in Khorasan province, are examples of the pre-Islamic-Revolution period; the reconstruction of war-damaged towns of Khraramshahr, Abadan, and Ghasre Shirin in West and South of IRAN; the reconstruction of earthquake-affected towns of Roudbar, Manjil and Lowshan in North; the New Towns of Hashtgerd, Pardis, Baharestan and Sadra in different parts of the country; the City Beautification activities in almost all towns and cities; the urban regeneration projects in the historical cities of Yazd, Isfahan, Mashad, Shiraz, Tehran, etc.; the new development projects such as public housing projects, city entrances etc. are all examples of URBAN DESIGN failures in IRAN during the last three decades. Lack of effective EVALUATION, particularly post..; construction EVALUATION, of the projects has not provided the context for any improvement in the design process. It may be suggested that lack of an exclusive and inclusive institutional and professional status for URBAN DESIGN has been the most determinant factor against the establishment and promotion of a sound and effective profession of URBAN DESIGN in the country.This has led to a confusion and lack of professional identity of the field. In this paper, two URBAN DESIGN cases (Navab project in central Tehran, and Ammar Yaser in Qom) are ana- Iyzed, evaluated and compared against certain URBAN DESIGN criteria, and then by rejecting the design approach used in the NAVAB PROJECT, general conclusion is made on the reasons why the majority of URBAN DESIGN projects in IRAN have failed in the past. On this basis, a new vision/approach is introduced. Such an approach, as a sound new knowledge base, is believed to change the status of URBAN DESIGN collaborative-participatory type of URBAN DESIGN.The eventual goal of this kind of URBAN DESIGN will focus on the promotion of the quality of urban environment. It is only through this kind of URBAN DESIGN that it can play its vital role of inflicting the greatest impact on the nature of our cities and city lives.

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BAHRANI, S.H., & AMINZADEH, B.. (2006). URBAN DESIGN IN IRAN: A NEW APPROACH. HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA, -(26), 13-26. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/5845/en

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BAHRANI S.H., AMINZADEH B.. URBAN DESIGN IN IRAN: A NEW APPROACH. HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA[Internet]. 2006;-(26):13-26. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/5845/en

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S.H. BAHRANI, and B. AMINZADEH, “URBAN DESIGN IN IRAN: A NEW APPROACH,” HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA, vol. -, no. 26, pp. 13–26, 2006, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/5845/en

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