Muqarnas, Fold, and the Parametric Transition from Body to Soul

Subject Areas : Architecture

S. Yahya Islami ¹ , S. Sedigheh Mirgozar Langaroudi ²

1 - Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Ph.D., Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2020-11-08 Accepted : 2021-05-19 Published : 2021-07-01

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