Abstract
This paper aims to identify the values of the historical context of Kashan city (Iran) and apply them in its regeneration process, and develop planning methods based on international perspectives and local experiences in Iran. The values and features should be carefully examined by evaluation methods, allowing for the transmission of urban context values to the future. This study will use an appropriate methodology to achieve a validated document based on values and their indicators, allowing for regeneration of the Sarpelleh historic neighborhood. We have divided the purposes of the current research into two levels: First, identification of the values of the historic context of Kashan and then providing an appropriate compatible pattern with contemporary contextual values in different dimensions; second, focusing on designing a cultural and historical axis to represent the values that are compatible with contemporary needs. The outcomes of this research are a clear indication of the values of the Sarpelleh historic neighborhood in three main categories: (1) historical and social values; (2) environmental and physical values; and (3) economic values—the regeneration plans of which are proposed in three alternatives. Note that the proposed regeneration plan balances all of the identified values, without neglecting any of them.
Highlights
The term “value” emerges in relation to what is to be preserved in the field of conservation
This paper addresses the following questions: How do value identification methods help the regeneration of the Kashan historical context? How do new functions correspond with these values? What issues should be considered in terms of physical aspects of the city
This research began with identifying values of the historical context of Kashan city and modeling them in the process of regeneration
Summary
The term “value” emerges in relation to what is to be preserved in the field of conservation. The main concepts of conservation knowledge, have gone through many changes, and the evaluation of values in cultural heritage conservation has dramatically changed In this way, with the introduction of any new idea, the concepts and values related to a building are subjected to change and, the manner in which values are approached has been transformed over time. Recognizing values and their characteristics requires a series of evaluation methods which rely on factors such as heritage type (tangible and intangible). These methods should be carefully studied in order to provide the context for transferring values to the future
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