Determining the Background and Basis of People's Satisfaction in the Feasibility Study of Rehabilitation of Worn Tissue With the Approach of Physical-Cultural Contextualism

Subject Areas : Creative City Design

Shadi Mohammad Shahi ¹ , Bahram Shahedi ^{2 *} , Kazem Yazdi ³ , Seyed Mohammad Rashtian ⁴

1 - Department of Architecture, Ardestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardestan, Iran
2 - Department of Architecture, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Department of Architecture, Ardestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardestan, Iran
4 - Department of Architecture, Isfahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2024-02-29 Accepted : 2024-04-19 Published : 2024-07-09

Keywords: satisfaction, rehabilitation, context around the shrine of Imam Reza (AS), contextualism, physical-cultural.,

Abstract :

Urban historical and religious textures possess strong social, cultural, and physical dimensions. Implementing new projects and structures in such textures that contradict their physical-cultural background can have contradictory effects on these dimensions and lead to dissatisfaction among local residents as the main owners of the texture. The worn-out texture of Mashhad city is also currently facing various unregulated interventions, which have increased local dissatisfaction and caused numerous physical-cultural and social problems that need to be addressed. The aim of this research is to determine the context and backgrounds of creating satisfaction among local residents in the revitalization of the neighborhood surrounding the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (AS) with a physical-cultural contextual approach. To this end, a qualitative method based on the grounded theory method was used based on the systematic approach of Strauss and Corbin. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews and purposive sampling from among 30 experts, officials, and local people. To extract the components, the interviews were categorized and analyzed using MAXqda 18 software based on open, axial, and selective coding. The results showed that five main contexts, namely causal conditions, contextual conditions, intervening conditions, strategies, and finally consequences, can be identified with a total of 17 important sub-components. These components can create and strengthen the satisfaction of local people with the intervention in the renovation of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza, and can lead to the implementation of a complex and intertwined system that is considered effective in the renovation and reproduction of the historical and religious texture of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (AS), which is also in line with contextual architecture in Iran.