Abstract
With over a thousand of years of historical heritage, Iran has always been among the greatest civilizations in the history. The early pre–Islamic architecture of Iran has represented the identity of Iranian people through the times. Furthermore, after the emergence and spread of Islam in Iran, the Iranian architecture has continued to maintain its well-established historical values. However, since the reign of Qajaryan dynasty in Iran, which was coincided with the Renaissance period in Europe, Iranian architecture has gradually been declined and has lost its links with its glorious days. Advances in modern technology and sciences and rapid changes in the world conditions have also caused a further separation of the Iranian nation from their past glorious roots. As a result, the modern architecture in Iran hardly includes and reflects signs of its past civilization. The present study aims to provide a solution to the problem so that the cultural and historical roots of Iranian architecture can be maintained and reflected in modern structures. In this study, a concept to case methodology has been proposed using discursive practices. For this purpose, the concept of »identity« has first been identified, and then the way to combine the Iranian and Islamic architectural atmospheres has been discussed. After that, some examples for the implementation of combined Iranian – Islamic architecture in Iran have been provided. Finally, some enduring principles of the Iranian architecture for the design of the current Iranian architecture have been extracted. These principles are the persistent values which have existed in architecture of Iran. Thus, based on the results of this paper, Taking inspiration from authentic and sustainable patterns of Iranian architecture and modern expression of them using creativity and skill, is the best way for reflecting the identity in contemporary architecture of this land.
Highlights
The World today, trying to keep identity, is one of the main quarrels of nations and architecture of Iran is not an exception in this
Today requiring the cities with Islamic Iranian identity has become a public and pervasive demand
With the changes that the progress of science and technology has created in human life, Iranian architecture has failed to coordinate its historical continuity with developments of the day and caught the identity crisis
Summary
The World today, trying to keep identity, is one of the main quarrels of nations and architecture of Iran is not an exception in this. Iranian Islamic identity reflects cultural specifications of this land. This is the Issue that should be manifested in all facets of life, especially in the field of architecture. Achieving identity in architecture is very important in contemporary architecture. Today requiring the cities with Islamic Iranian identity has become a public and pervasive demand. There are many questions in this area that this paper is a step toward answering them; such as what is the meaning of identity? How has the sense of identity been changed over the time? What qualities have formed the Architectural identity throughout history? There are many questions in this area that this paper is a step toward answering them; such as what is the meaning of identity? How has the sense of identity been changed over the time? What qualities have formed the Architectural identity throughout history?
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