Introducing a Systematic Approach for Quantifying Architectural Style Influence: A Comparative Analysis of École des Beaux-Arts and Bauhaus on the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran

Subject Areas : Architecture

Alaleh Baghalian ¹ , Ghazal Keramati ² , Hossein Soltanzadeh ³ , Mehrdad Matin ⁴

1 - PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2023-08-09 Accepted : 2023-11-09 Published : 2024-06-09

Keywords: cole des Beaux-Arts, Bauhaus school, College of Fine Arts of University of Tehran, Visual assessment, Design analysis, &Eacute,

Abstract :

This research proposes a systematic approach to provide insight on how to quantify the similarity/dependency between different architectural design styles. The study utilizes the College of Fine Arts of University of Tehran as its primary focus and examines to what extent the architecture at the College of Fine Arts at University of Tehran was affected by the French École des Beaux-Arts and the German Bauhaus school through examining more than hundred architectural works from these schools. In the first half of this study, the teaching method and educational system of these schools are reviewed and in the second half of the study the main characteristics of architectural works of each school are identified. If we consider an architectural work as the outcome of an architectural education, then the features of the created work can be attributed to the associated educational system. Based on this, the characteristic of the prominent architectural works of the two schools were investigated and used for the analysis through the proposed approach. This approach can be used for quantitatively investigating complex qualitative problems in different disciplines. On average, the results show that the college of Fine Arts is influenced by thirty-three percent from these two approaches, while the Bauhaus approach shows a greater impact.

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