URBAN SPACE: A THEORETICAL APPROACH

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HABIBI M.

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Journal: Soffeh Year:2002 | Volume:11 | Issue:33 Page(s): 5-13

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URBAN SPACE: A THEORETICAL APPROACH

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Understanding the existing state of a phenomenon depends on a philosophical cognition of its general principles or its status in quo free of its temporal or spatial position, while understanding the evolutional state requires an understanding of the particular conditions as the outcome of a historical trend. A new system developed on both types of cognition, will have coherency, integration, and harmony otherwise it will only lead to confusion. As a crystallization of socio- economic relations, the modern city presents a new form as the socio- economic and cultural relations have changed. Reminiscent of changing conditions and in many aspects contrasting with the historical concepts, the new form has brought about new values and definitions for the city and the citizen: the city is now the setting for worthy and worthless. Understanding the existing and evolutional state of the city demands the transformation of the city- place to the city- time, i.e. a city with an identity, a place full of memories of the past, yet a synthesis of events of today, the incubator for dreams of future. The desire for a civil society is thus best expressed in the civic life born out of subjective and objective interactions. The socio- economic behavior and conventions of the generations who have built the city thus build its identity. The preferences and beliefs of all kind therefore accumulate, synthesize and form the mentality of the city. A living city allows these socio- cultural accumulations to realize in locations. They are in fact the setting for civic sensation and understanding. It is here that people meet, events happen, and the citizen simultaneously assumes the role of the actor and the audience. The street and the square are physical expressions of such a relationship where the actor and the audience become the same. Otherwise, there will be no reference locations in the city, no roots of understanding, and no understanding of the familiar. By creating urban space based on civic life with a sense of belonging gives an identity to the city that accumulates the experiences despite their time or place. Mental cognition now merges with the aesthetic sensation. The city square can accordingly be considered as the real center of the city, where civic life flows. The location is not just an ordinary point on the map, but it is where years of socio- cultural investments are accumulated. It becomes one of the most valuable favorable urban spaces despite its size or age.

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