Original Paper
Sense of Place” and “Place Attachment

Hashem Hashemnezhad; Ali Akbar Heidari; Parisa Mohammad Hoseini

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2013, Pages 5-12

Abstract
  Today, concepts such as place attachment, sense of place, meaning of place, place identity, has devoted many studies In literature of architecture and urban design particularly in the field of environmental psychology. It is obvious that in all these concepts, various aspects of interaction ...  Read More

Original Paper
The Image of Heaven in Islamic Arts of Iran

Nayer Tahoori

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2013, Pages 13-16

Abstract
  Associating certain forms and designs in Islamic Arts with the promised Heaven may be widely observed in the works of many historians and critics of the field. It is believed that Islamic Art has been derived from the imagination of the Paradise as depicted in Holy Quran. To express this meaning ...  Read More

Original Paper
Analysis a Development Framework for Urban Heritage Conservation Versus Development Trends in Shiraz, Iran

Alireza Andalib; Alireza Abdolahzadefard

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2013, Pages 17-22

Abstract
  Historic urban areas are a significant part of each city not only due to having irreplaceable cultural and social resources, but also due to their attractive patterns of life. They have being threatened by strong development trends. This paper aims to investigate the impacts of redevelopment ...  Read More

Original Paper
Concerns Coupled with Pedestrianization and Implementation Methods

Seyed Majid Mofidi Shemirani; Navid Saeidi Rezvani; Seyed Mostafa Razavi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2013, Pages 23-28

Abstract
  Walking has always been the most natural, the oldest, and the most essential form of transportation and is still major form of moving, hence, it plays a vital rule in urban transportation. In fact, walking is the most important tool for seeing, being seen, observing city wide daily and social ...  Read More

Original Paper
The Theory of “Living Time ” in Periodization of Iranian Architectural History

Mehrdad Qayyoomi Bidhendi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2013, Pages 29-34

Abstract
  The writing of Iranian architectural history has, from its start, followed the principles of western historiography. Portions of this history are well expected to be neglected or unattended when writing of it takes place outside its intellectual framework that essentially reflects the Iranian ...  Read More

Original Paper
Energy Consumption Modeling in Residential Buildings

Mahnaz Zarei; Hassan Khademi-Zare

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2013, Pages 35-38

Abstract
  In recent years, the issue of energy consumption modeling techniques in the building sector has been widely considered by researchers and managers. Researches indicate that energy consumption in residential sector is one of the main parts of the total consumption. Moreover, the urban residence ...  Read More

Original Paper
Social Issues in Post Disaster Reconstruction Planning

Fereshteh Navidi Majd; Alireza Andalib

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2013, Pages 39-44

Abstract
  Post disaster reconstruction in the destructed zones entails the social aspects in addition to the physical and urban aspects, because of the presence of affected people in the very location. The presented research aims to assess the social aspects of the post disaster conditions in the course ...  Read More

Original Paper
Cultural Development via Mediatheque Center Design

Seyed Majid Mofidi-Shemirani; Niloufar Youssefi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2013, Pages 45-50

Abstract
  Mediatheque is an inclusive adaptation of library in which public could exchange information in practical way by applying contemporary technology. It is exerting a new method of bilateral exchange information between clients and sources through various media, which not only serve a faster data ...  Read More

Original Paper
Applying design ideas to promote security of urban spaces

Abbas Yazdanfar; Sepideh Ghaemmaghami; Paniz Ahmadpour

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2013, Pages 51-56

Abstract
  Security is one of the most critical factors affecting the quality of urban spaces. Nowadays, most of these spaces have become merely pathways with neither social life nor sense of belonging to it. Insufficiency of public surveillance along with weak sense of control and surveillance results ...  Read More