Utilizing the Principles of Organic Architecture with an Approach the Concept of Iranian Traditional Architectural (The Case of Bazaars and Shopping Centers)

Subject Areas : Architecture and urbanism

Malihe sharifi ¹ , Nasibeh Sadafi ²

1 - Master of Architecture, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran (Is responsible for correspondence).
2 - Assistant Prof., Deptment of Art and Architecture, Payame Noor University (PNU, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2017-04-25 Accepted : 2018-01-24 Published : 2019-12-22

Keywords: Nature, organic architecture, traditional architecture, Shopping center, bazaar,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: In the traditional architecture, buildings had close relationships with the surrounding environment, and intimacy to the nature had deep roots in Iranian’s culture. Traditional Bazaars were one of the most important parts of a city and had great impacts on people's social lives and architecture. Due to the expansion of cities, the concept of bazaar has changed and replaced by distributed spaces called shopping centers. Method: In this study, the shortcomings of the current bazaars, and the effects of traditional architecture and organic concept were examined from the perspective of clients and visitors. Descriptive-analytic survey was conducted and questionnaires were distributed randomly among 272 visitors in Rey bazaar, Tajrish traditional bazaar, Almas shopping center, and Tirazheh shopping mall. To evaluate the hypothesis, the single variable T-test and the F-test were applied. Findings: The results indicate that, synthetizing the concept of organic architecture and Iranian traditional architecture in the current shopping malls could meet the users’ expectation. Results and discussion: Exposing the apparent similarity of the environment and an element is not sufficient for users. So, a special attention is required for the psychological aspects received by the visitors.

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