Evaluation the Lifestyle of the noble Class with the Focus on the Country's Policies in the Late Qajar Period (Case study: Tehran)

Moslehi, Pezhman; Ahmadi, Vahid; Dorari Jabarooti, Ehsan

doi:10.22034/ijumes.2024.2040975.1254

Evaluation the Lifestyle of the noble Class with the Focus on the Country's Policies in the Late Qajar Period (Case study: Tehran)

Document Type : Case Study

Authors

Pezhman Moslehi ¹

Vahid Ahmadi ²

Ehsan Dorari Jabarooti ³

¹ Ph.D. Student, Department of Architecture, Mashahd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashahd, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashahd, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Mashahad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashahd, Iran

10.22034/ijumes.2024.2040975.1254

Abstract

The lifestyle and its place in the social structure is one of the noteworthy features of Iranian house architecture, especially in the Qajar period, which can be of interest to planners and designers. considering the lifestyle of the noble class. Also, the recognition of cultural and social components in the architecture of noble houses in Tehran at the end of the Qajar period, according to the lifestyle of the noble class. It tries to answer this question: What physical changes did the architecture of the noble houses of Tehran in the late Qajar period have, according to the lifestyle of the noble class? The present research is conducted in a combined method, based on quantitative data extracted from A-Graph software and analysis of the obtained data using logical reasoning method. Among the houses of Tehran at the end of the Qajar period, 20 houses have been selected as case examples and in a purposeful way, and the indices of space syntax in these houses have been investigated. The results of the research show that this privileged social class lived in two types of introverted and extroverted housing over a period of time. The appearance of spaces such as the central hall and numerous foyers have replaced the central courtyards, especially in the pavilions and palaces, so it can be said that the study of the style and way of life of different strata is influenced by their class status.

Keywords

A-Graph software

lifestyle

nobel class

politics

Qajar period

Tehran

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