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Titre : Assessing the Role of Courtyards in the Spatial Organization of the Traditional Houses of Kashan

Auteur : Nejadriahi, Halleh

Université de soutenance : Eastern Mediterranean University

Grade : Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 2015

Résumé
Traditional houses of Iran possess significant qualities in terms of being responsive to the local context ; not only from environmental aspects, but also by highly consideration of cultural values, and certainly, along with responding to the functional requirements of the inhabitants. Kashan as a city with 7000 years historical precedents encompasses a great number of traditional houses that worth to be studied in detail. The study of spatial organization of such houses is a fundamental issue in order to comprehend the topological relationships of the spaces, specifically based on the socio-cultural features. The study classifies and examines thirty traditional houses of Kashan by implementing several methods ; mainly as schematic analysis of the houses and space syntax method, to clarify their spatial organizations. It should be mentioned that, courtyard that is known as the key component in the spatial organization of these houses is the basis of their classifications. Under this scope, the study is carried out in five chapters ; the first chapter defines the problem and the necessity of such a study as well as the main objectives, and the process of handling the study. The second chapter provides information on the traditional residential architecture of Iran and its formation under the impacts of socio-cultural aspects as well as physical and environmental issues. Moreover, the general design principles and the main spaces in the traditional

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