Spatial layout of historic houses with social and cultural contexts * (Case study: Kashan historical houses)

Subject Areas : Urbanism- Architecture

Vahid Mirzaei ¹ (Department of Architecture, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran)
Hasan sajadzadeh ² (Associate Professor of Urban Design, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Bu- Ali Sina, Hamadan, Iran)
Nasim Khanlu ³ (Department of Urbanism, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2022-04-24 Accepted : 2022-07-11 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: Depth, interconnectedness, Spatial arrangement, Space Syntax,

Abstract :

The main purpose of this study is to measure the depth index and its relationship with socio-cultural logic that is used in the software (Ucl depth map) to model 10 historical houses in Kashan to study the components of total depth, relative depth and average spatial arrangement index for the whole building. In order to investigate the role of location of house components in improving performance efficiency, the depth index in these houses (Razzaqian, Abrishamchi, Almasi, Rezvanian, Fakhrehi, Mozaffari, fish water, Adel, Lajevardi, Bahi) in improving performance efficiency is studied. Takes. Findings showed that the spatial value is in line with the socio-cultural logic of Iranian-Islamic architecture in Kashan in relation to the system depth index. From the results of the diagrams, it is clear that in seven samples of the ten houses studied (Bahi, Mozaffari and Razzaqian, Abrishamchi, Almasi, Adel), In relation to three-door or five-door, it is observed that in the mentioned houses, this space is present in a relatively large number (more than two spaces), secondly, it does not have a fixed position in terms of depth and its position is different in each house. . Based on the results of this study, it was observed that the houses in the area, in general, have a shallow depth and its spatial hierarchy is not very complex and there are similar socio-cultural meanings in each house and the houses have a central core of the yard. It is the center of server and client areas.