Volume 28, Issue 1 (2018)  

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XML Designing a Hypothetical Neighborhood to Promote the Localism; Convergence of Urban Village Approach and Democratic Urban Design: The Link between Theory and Practice
M. Zarei * , M. Sattarzad Fathi , F. Heidari
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• The urban village approach can be used for combining both rural and urban values in future urban developments for improving the localism.
• Combining and integrating the urban village approach with democratic norms of urban design can help to develop the social and democratic features of the urban villages, besides the environmental issues.
• The combinatorial principles, such as diversity, public life, public participation, social justice and equity, naturism, accessibility, contextualism, vitality, flexibility, inclusiveness, and also their sub-principles are tested in a hypothetical wasteland, to prove the practical aspects.
 

XML Microclimate Observation by Outdoor Thermal Indices (Case Study of Five Climates)
M. Tahbaz *
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XML The Characteristics of Distinctive Urban Elements in Citizens’ Cognitive Maps (Case Study: The City of Isfahan)
M. Montazerolhodjah * , M. Sharifnejad , M. Pourjafar
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  • A survey on 100 citizens of Isfahan was conducted. 
  • Many of historic and touristic buildings were the most distinctive elements in Isfahani citizens' point of view
  • Physical and functional criteria affect the distinctiveness of these elements in the mental maps of the citizens and users.
  • In order to create a landmark in cities, consideration of all factors such as situation, distinctive form and function as much as possible (more than one factor) will result in greater success legible cities.


XML Affordability Principles for Low-Income Housing Based on Residents' Attitude (Case Study: Babolsar Mehr Housing)
M. Ramzanpour , A. Nourtaghani *
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XML Intertextual Reading of Postmodern Architecture (Based on Historicist postmodern architecture and Deconstruction)
S. Rahimi Atani , K. Bazrafkan * , I. Raeisi
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  • Define Historicist postmodern architecture and Deconstruction in two diachronic and synchronic axis.
  • Achieve the Intertextual relationship of Historicist postmodern architecture and Deconstruction.
  • Intertextual Reading will lead to the recognition of deeper text layers and decryption.


XML The Significance of the Priority of Applying the Parameters of Sustainable Development in Combined Cycle Power Plant Design
P. Hessari , M. Zandieh * , I. Mahmuodzadeh Kani
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XML Evaluation of Creative City Indicators of Qazvin City in Order to Explaining the Trend and Determining the Dominant Field of Creativity
Kh. Shamsi , Z. Karkehabadi *
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- This research has been carried out to clarify the state of urban creativity in Qazvin city.
- The trend of creativity in the city of Qazvin has declined. Although the activities to be continued.
- The nutrition index, the most important area of creativity in Qazvin, has been among the five fields studied.
- Finally, it can be said that the city of Qazvin, according to the analysis, has the potential to move towards the creative city.

XML Current Discussions on Digital Sketching in the Early Stages of Architectural Design in Education
P. Heidari , Ç. Polatoglu *
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XML Assessing the Impacts of Pedestrianisation on Historic Urban Landscape of Tehran
N. Khaleghi *
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  • Defined urban design guideline improves the quality of public life in a historic urban area.
  • The research defines criteria for evaluation an urban planning project regarding its impacts on public life. 
  • The defined guideline gives the opportunity to use the local participation as a tool in improving the future urban plans. 


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