Sociological analysis of the role of space and architecture of cultural centers in sustainable cultural development (Case study: Cultural centers of Tehran)

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

NILOOFAR SOODMAND ¹ , امام جمعه Emamjomeh ² , Alieh Shekarbeygi ³

1 - PhD Student in Sociology - Cultural Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Islamic Azad University of Markazi Province, Iran, Corresponding Author
3 - Assistant proof

Received: 2021-07-12 Accepted : 2021-08-22 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: "Cultural Development", "Cultural Center", "Culture", "Space and Place",

Abstract :

Cultural development is a process during which changes in the field of perception, cognition, value, tendencies and appropriate developmental actions occur in society, and the realization of this depends on people's participation in cultural activities by constructing cultural and artistic places and creating Cultural goods exhibitions and various cultural festivals take place. Today, cultural centers, despite the infrastructure, architecture and appropriate space, are less in line with their development goals and have gaps in the field of development planning that can be considered. The present study is developmental and applied in terms of purpose and is exploratory in terms of data collection method. In this research, with the help of data theory qualitative research method and with the help of library documentation tools and semi-structured interviews of 20 cultural center officials and cultural planning deputies of Tehran, a paradigm model has been tried to explain the space capacity and architecture of Tehran cultural centers. Present the direction of sustainable cultural development. In this study, 3 main streams with the title of events and conscious actions in the cultural center, cultural center as the source and origin of social power and physical structure-architecture of the cultural center and with central coding to the core of the discussion as the role and place of cultural centers in sustainable cultural development we arrived. Causal, contextual, interventionist conditions are examined and strategies are proposed accordingly.