Maremat & Me'mari-e Iran
Art University of Isfahan
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Considering that a city's landscape is a collection of natural and artificial elements influenced by the specific natural, cultural, social, and economic characteristics of that city, it is a realm that makes its features perceptible in both objective and subjective aspects. Today, with the introduction of modernity in the lifestyle and structure of human societies, people's activities and functions at night are more extensive than in pre-modern times. Therefore, artificial light in the absence of daylight is considered necessary and inevitable. In this context, the appropriate model for managing the urban nightscape should be one that both reveals the physical and functional manifestations and beauties of the city and emphasizes the perceptual and psychological components of citizens' night experiences. Thus, the question arises: how can achieving such a characteristic, in the shadow of subjective and objective components such as lighting - illumination, based on the structure of historical minarets, lead to qualitative and quantitative improvement of urban space in line with the diversity of social and cultural activities and the attainment of a sustainable night economy? In this research, by referring to relevant sources and current international documents, in addition to defining and explaining the concept, the approach to improving the city's landscape has been taken to reach a level of readability quality in the city's nighttime appearance, which is based on the lighting of destroyed minarets in the historical city of Isfahan. By lighting along the length of the minarets as a light column, emphasizing the elongated form of the minaret's architecture in an abstract manner, the location and identity of these buildings within the city become possible at night. The aim of this research is to evaluate the relationship between the method of lighting and one of the prominent architectural elements of Isfahan, which shows it in a way based on historical-cultural identity and connection and continuity with the achievement of a key element from the industrial age. This demonstrates that increasing the quality of place and understanding the concept of sense of belonging is the role of technology and a new type of lighting in enhancing the physical-social concept of sense of belonging and its effect in transforming the environment into a prominent and recognized city alongside other notable cities of the world. This research is a qualitative study in which, by examining urban conservation regulations and collecting data through library and field studies and various images from the study area, it has been conducted. The findings indicate that the amount and method of lighting replacing the destroyed minarets, as mentioned, can have a positive impact on improving the nightscape of Esfahan.
Article number: 177
Keywords: Night view of Isfahan, international regulations for the protection of historical cities, minaret, lighting
Type of Study: Research original/ Regular Article |
Subject:
معماري و شهرسازي
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