Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Architecture, Central Tehran Branch, IAU, Tehran, Iran.
3 Department of Urban Planning, Central Tehran Branch, IAU, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The Iranian-Islamic utopia of Isfahan has symbolic historical centers that are based on the "narrative-mystical", "rational-philosophical" and "scientific" paradigms. The old square, the Bazaar and the Naqsh Jahan Square in a continuous, dependent and interrelated combination have formed this central complex. The way that provides the sociability of the population and the presence of the government, guilds, nation and religion in a place like the center brings them to unity. This article seeks the components of the central meaning system concerning historical, structural and environmental situations, which are perceptible and can be received by people with any attitude to life and any position of existence. The purpose of the research is to get the meaning perception in the historical symbolic center of the city of Isfahan, which is based on the common experiences of the people who lived there. The research method is qualitative and is based on hermeneutic phenomenology, using historical-interpretive approaches, an intrinsic and in-depth research case. The collection of information is based on the systematic review of texts and field observations to restore its order through interviews and content analysis. Based on the results of the research, the complex of the historical symbolic center of Isfahan city is based on language with physical-spatial character, starting from the origin of the old square, it goes through the market and reaches the destination of Naqsh Jahan. In this transition from the origin to the destination, receiving meanings can be understood by referring to the components of "trans-contextual stability", "trans-functional-social", "trans-morphological position", "trans-visual imaging" and "trans-spatial typology". A matter that is based on the relationship between man and place in this type of center and creates a mutual perception and perception of meaning between them. This issue causes these centers to be continuously and dynamically placed in the process of human communication. The process of re-creation of ancient Iranian symbolic centers occurs in the inter-action of these components of spiritual perception if the lived experience "empty of everything" can be transferred from the peripheral position of consciousness to the center. This situation increases with the agency of more ‘symbolic’ (versus ‘iconic’) aspects of the place as well as ‘becoming’ (versus ‘being’) action of the observer in the space.
Keywords
- Phenomenology
- Meta-place Language
- Meta-Iconic and Symbolic Agency
- Action of Becoming
- City Making of Isfahan School
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