Dr Ali Akbar Heidari, Dr Yaghoob Peyvastehgar, Mrs Maryam Kiaee,
Volume 12, Issue 1 (3-2024)
Abstract
A wide range of activities takes place in a home that involves the most private behavior of members to their social and social activities. The organization of this activity is such that, while facilitating them in different parts of the house, their conflicting interactions are prevented. This concept, known as functional compatibility, is directly related to the issue of functional efficiency. Accordingly, the analysis of this relationship is the basis of this research. Also, the study of the development of these concepts in the course of structural changes in architecture that has come about over time is another goal of this research. Accordingly, by selecting 18 samples of houses in the Qajar period in Tabriz, attempts have been made to investigate this issue. The reason for choosing Tabriz as the realm of research is its strategic position in the exchange with the Western world, and the reason for choosing the Qajar period as the realm of research time was the beginning of the introduction of modern trends in the architecture of Iran during this period. The basic theory in this study is the theory of space syntax, and the tools used to analyze are also the Depthmap and Syntax plugins in Grasshopper software. After reviewing the literature, effective indexes of functional compatibility in homes were extracted and suitable syntax for analyzing each of them in the framework of theoretical framework of the research was introduced. Then, by analyzing each sample in the relevant software environment, the data related to each index were extracted and analyzed. The results of the research showed that with the change in the structure of houses, the introverted pattern of the outward-looking model in the late Qajar period, the subject of adaptive work has changed in relation to some indicators and has not changed much in relation to others. This issue is also relevant to the performance of these houses. On this basis, it can be concluded that functional efficiency is a relative concept that, depending on the circumstances, different criteria influence the upgrade or decline. The spatial function of housing as the first human-made habitat has always been and has been discussed and discussed by architects throughout history. Accordingly, households that have a good performance have the characteristics that make them more dignified and livable for the lives of their inhabitants. Creating such spatial spaces in the area of habitation will result in appropriate use and compatibility with the living space of the space. In this regard, the issue of "functional adaptation of spaces" in a home is one of the issues that affects its function and improves its functional efficiency. According to Hiller, one of the main pillars of achieving the desired performance of space lies in the convergence of activities. The existence of such spaces together leads to the establishment of functional relationships consistent with each space and its relation to other parts of the environment. While categorizing different types of penetration fields into compatible categories, it can organize many user behavior in space and sometimes help create new patterns of behavior in space. Accordingly, the present study aimed to investigate the concept of functional efficiency in a home to examine the functional compatibility of different spaces in the home and the way of communication between them. Also, in order to evaluate this issue in the traditional architecture (due to the diversity and multiplicity of spaces in its spatial system), the pattern of Tabriz houses in the Qajar period was selected and analyzed. Accordingly, houses from the early, mid and late Qajar periods in this city were selected as case samples, and by analyzing their configuration, they tried to investigate the subject of functional compatibility among its different spaces and, consequently, functional efficiency It turned out. The tool used to study the spatial configuration of these houses as well as their functional efficiency is the theory of "space syntax" and the tools used in it. Accordingly, the research questions are as follows:
- What has been the issue of functional adaptation in different house patterns in Tabriz during the Qajar period?
- Impact changes on the spatial configuration of different house patterns during the Qajar period in the city, what effect have they had on the functional adaptation of their different spaces?
- What impact did these changes have on the performance of these houses?
In the beginning of Qajar dynasties, due to the political, military, geographic and economic importance of Tabriz, Fath Ali Shah Qajar decided to hand over the Tabriz government to its crown prince Abbas Mirza. From that date, Tabriz was known as Dar al-Saltanah or Karajadzhani during the Qajar period. On the other hand, the deployment of this city in the main frontier between Iran and the west turned it into a gateway to enter the western world. This caused the first manifestations and elements imported from the West to pass through this city, and sometimes some of them would be used in the city for the first time.
Mis Motahareh , Mr Yaghowb Peyvastehgar, Mr Aliakbar Heydari,
Volume 12, Issue 2 (6-2024)
Abstract
Housing, as a space for settling and living, has always been one of the first spaces that humans have dealt with since the beginning of history, and the characteristics of this building, especially its interior space, are due to the direct connection with humans during long hours of the day. It has been of great importance. Peace is one of the spiritual and psychological needs of every person that must be provided at home, and this issue turns the provision of peace into one of the most important functions of the home.
Providing peace in connection with contemporary houses, whose residents, due to the many problems of urban life, consider the house more than ever as a place for rest and relaxation, is more important, and this is the way to achieve this. The meaning of the house has been investigated less in specialized texts, especially in the field of architecture, Based on this, the current research was conducted with the aim of extracting the factors that create peace in the house and the function of the spatial characteristics of the house in providing these factors in two common models of contemporary houses, including apartment houses and independent houses with a yard, and the way of showing peace in the house. investigated. In this study, the "Structure of Meanings" method was used as a qualitative research approach with the techniques of photography, field observation, questionnaires and semi-structured ladder interviews. The conceptual framework of the research under Rapaport's model of meaning levels (1988) describes the consequences and meanings governing characteristics in the form of "characteristics, overt function and hidden function" propositions.
To ensure that the necessary information was obtained, the concept of theoretical saturation determined the number of samples, interviews and data collection.
Based on the diagram of the value chain structure, the presentation of the concept of relaxation is mainly influenced by the environmental capabilities of "connection with the open space". Other features such as "building age", "kitchen model", "property", "spatial dimensions" and "number of rooms" help to create peace in the house. In addition to providing a structured framework to study the compatibility between creating the concept of relaxation and the spatial characteristics of the house, the research results emphasize the basic values of the residents and the hidden meanings related to these characteristics.