Investigating the Cultural and Social Effects of the Transition from Tradition to Modernity on the Physical Structure of Historical Houses in Tabriz

Subject Areas : Culture

leyla firouzfar ¹ , Mir Saeed Moosavi ² , nima valizadeh ³ , Asadollah Shafizadeh ⁴

1 - Department of Architecture, Ahar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahar, Iran
2 - Department of Architecture, Tabriz Branch,, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Department of Architecture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
4 - Department of Architecture, Ahar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahar, Iran

Received: 2023-07-25 Accepted : 2023-12-30 Published : 2024-05-11

Keywords: architecture, society, tradition and modernity, historical houses, Cultural and Social Changes,

Abstract :

The house, as one of the most important types of buildings, has always been a platform for social and cultural changes, and an important part of society's developments can be seen in it. From the end of the Qajar period and the beginning of the Pahlavi period, the architecture of houses in most cities, including Tabriz, was affected by social and cultural developments. Considering that most of the historical houses in Tabriz belong to the late Qajar and Pahlavi period, which coincides with the transition from tradition to modernity in Iran. In this research, the effectiveness of this transition on the evolution of the structure of houses was investigated from the perspective of architects. For this purpose, a questionnaire to measure the degree of impact (transition from tradition to modernity) in three components of historical houses of Tabriz, including spatial relationships, interior decorations and the main facade, has been prepared in the form of a five-point Likert spectrum and is available to architectural experts who have sufficient of this period were placed. The results show that there is a relatively significant relationship with the index of interior decorations in the course of this process. In the index of spatial relationships, a significant change is evident in the buildings leading to the first side, and in the third index of the main view of these buildings, no specific meaningful relationship is seen. What is worthy of consideration in this evolution is the greatest impact on the area of the arenas.