The manifestation of the formation of historical Qajar houses based on social relations with a look at the biological context of the neighborhoods

Subject Areas : Archaeology

Fateme Meisami ¹ , Maryam Qasemi ² , Mohsen Afshari ³ , Mortaza Nouraei ⁴

1 - Ph.D Student, Department of Architecture, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Architecture and Urban Planning Department, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Architecture and Urban Planning Department, Art University of Isfahan, Iran
4 - Professor, Department of History, University of Isfahan, Isfahan-Iran.

Received: 2023-03-27 Accepted : 2023-07-16 Published : 2023-08-16

Keywords: Classify, Mahallat, Social Interaction, Qajar houses,

Abstract :

The living structure of historical neighborhoods is influenced by the complex social interactions among the residents of the neighborhood and their relationships with the surrounding neighborhoods.These relationships have hierarchies, which with their effect on the body of the neighborhood cause the creation of certain centers in the neighborhood as places of social interactions in different strata of society, politically (prominent squares of the city), economically (four hundred bazaars), religiously (grand mosques). , educational (theological schools) and even cases of dispute resolution (Diwan Khanah and Vakalat Khanah). These centers were established in three macro scales and at the city level to the middle scale of the neighborhood such as the neighborhood center and the micro scale of passages and houses.This broad classification shows archetypes hidden in historical contexts in social interactions and social dynamics. Therefore, this research seeks to answer the question, "What are the symmetrical physical structures with social interactions on the scale of Hakim neighborhood and its passages and historical houses left during the Qajar era?". This broad classification shows archetypes hidden in historical contexts in social interactions and social dynamics. The analyzes performed based on the qualitative approach and interpretative-historical paradigm on the historical context of Hakim neighborhood show the existence of physical structures indicative of social interactions at different scales at the neighborhood and extra-neighborhood level. On a small scale (diwan khaneh and vakalat khaneh), on a medium scale (main passages), on a local scale (mosques, tekkehs, schools, bazaar and bazaarche) and on a trans-neighbourhood scale (big mosques of the city and main squares of the city). The structures of social interactions are visible.