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Art University of Isfahan

Faculty of conservation

Department of conserrvation historical building and urban

A Strategic Plan for the revitalization of the historical  bazaar of naraq,central iran

(Supervisor(s):seyed Amir mansouri(PhD

   Advisor(s): Isa esfanjari (engineer)

Key words: Systems Theory, Naraq ,  Spatial Organization ,central district ,Bazaar, Urban Revitalization

Abstract:

The central region of Iran in which Narâq is located, dominates a natural prone ecology and a primeval habitation.  After formation of human society, the rural nucleus which was developed under interaction with nature bed, has built up an organizational civilized structure in wide variety of fields.  Thereafter, shifting of the trade paths during particular historic periods have been the most influential motivation for thrive or wane of the cities.

Today, the ancient cities have been threatened by the contemporary urban elements, on the other hand, eagerness of the concerned revitalization authorities with respect to intervening in body issues of historical urban fabric should draw the attention of real protectors to the fact that historical texture would be in an inevitable conjunction with totality of the city.

The main purpose of this study is to stipulate the extension of historical structure of the city organization, particularly in central district, to its future development prospects.

In order to meet the defined objectives in regard to revitalization of Bazaar, it is necessary to design a new role for its future existence, with due consideration to its influence on formation and improvement of Spatial Organization and the weakness of its today’s role.

In this research, firstly, it was tried to understand the research subject matter based on historical analysis method and on the basis of urbanism of Iran. Thereafter, by using statistical and expressive techniques, the contemporary characteristics of the city in social, economic and fundamental fields were determined.   

In the next phase, after stipulation of theoretical and experimental issues about urban revitalization, the suitable and viable scenarios for the city and its central district have been proposed.

In the last part, one of the central squares which play the role of conjunction between historical and contemporary regions of the city has been considered as an appropriate case for design.