Abstract
This paper aims to analyze the square beyond an architectural element in the city, but weaves this blank slate, with its contemporary socio political atmosphere as a new paradigm. As a result, this research investigates the historical, social and political concept of Meydan – a term which has mostly applied for the Iranian and Islamic public squares. This interpretation, suggested the idea of Meydan as the core of the projects in the city, which historically exposed in formalization of power relations and religious ideologies. In this sense, studying the spatial transformation of Iranian public squares introduces the framework, which is adaptable to contemporary urban context.
Highlights
In 1983, the French philosopher Roland Barthes in his book Empire of Signs, introduced the squares as the political orders in the ideogram of the city
Since this paper aims to connect basic thoughts, ideologies, foundations and frameworks in urban history of Iranian square, the most predominant concepts of Persian Squares in shaping the ideogram of the city represented
This research explores the political foundations of the square
Summary
In 1983, the French philosopher Roland Barthes in his book Empire of Signs, introduced the squares as the political orders in the ideogram of the city. According to Burckhardt, Iranian architecture attempts to create a space without any mediators between man and God, as emptiness (Burckhardt 1970) Following this introduction to the discourse of political in relation to urban form, the structure of the paper revolves around the central concept of Meydan (square). This line connects the concept of square to the Agora and Forum as political space for democratic decision-making in ancient Greek or Roman republic, but to a more general sense, blinds as “scene” (arena /scène) Building upon this theoretical framework, respectively the historical, social and political concept of Meydan – a term which has mostly applied for the Iranian and Islamic public squares – is reintroduced in the first part, as the embodiment of the square in the image of the Islamic Persian city. Events from February 2013 to January 2014 in Ukraine, that continues to this day and has become an international crisis, brought with it a special
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