Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.ِ Student in Architecture, Faculty of Art & Architecture, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Professor of Faculty of Atr & Architecture, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Terhan, Iran.

3 Associate Professor of Facualty of Social Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The confusion in the physical form of the architecture of Tehran today is an obvious fact, even for inexpert spectators. But some fundamental questions arise here: which of the academic disciplines should explain this confusion? Is it the duty of architecture and urbanism, or that of sociology and cultural studies? Should the political economy of Tehran explain this confusion, or should the pathology of urban management do the job? It seems that an understanding of this problematic cannot be obtained within the confines of each of the above-mentioned disciplines alone, but to understand the nature of this situation we need to adopt an interdisciplinary approach. So, in this article we attempt to take the confusion of the physical form in the architecture of Tehran today into consideration from the point of view of sociological and cultural studies. We think this approach is more useful than the disciplinary approach in discovering the nature of the problematic. In this article we attempt to analyze the relationship between the physical form of the architecture of Tehran today and the cultural and sociological elements. In other words, we want to show that more than being an element dependent on the aesthetic taste or the requirements of architecture engineering, the chaotic change in the architecture of Tehran today is a variable dependent on some cultural and sociological elements.

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HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE
Nassaj, H., & Soltani, M. (2017). Architecture reading from the political thoughts’ perspective. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, 9(2), 85-106. doi: 10.22035/isih.2017.251
 
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