Contemporary architecture and urbanism in Iran : tradition, modernity, and the production of 'space-in-between' / M. Reza Shirazi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shirazi, M. Reza, author.

Series:

Urban book series

Urban book series, 2365-757X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Iran.

Architecture.

Cities and towns.

Urbanization.

Iran.

Urbanization--Iran.

Cities and towns--Iran.

Physical Description:

x, 193 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]

Summary:

This book presents an in-depth critical analysis of the internationally recognized, place-specific works of three Iranian architects (Nader Ardalan, Kamran Diba and Hossein Amanat) during the 60s and 70s, and their significant contribution to the emerging anti-modernist discourse. It argues that from the mid-19th century onwards architecture and urban design in Iran has been oscillated between two extremes of modernity and tradition. Drawing on the theory of ?critical regionalism? (Kenneth Frampton), the book critically analyses writings and works of the above-mentioned architects and contends that they created a ?space-in-between? which unified two extremes of tradition and modernity in a creative way (Khalq-i Jadid: New Creation). The book also contains three in-depth interviews with architects to discuss their singular narrative of the creation of ?in-between?. A concluding chapter addresses the promises of critical regionalist architecture and urban design in post-Revolutionary Iran as well as the Middle East, where the dichotomy of tradition and modernity is yet a valid account.

Contents:

Mapping the 'In-Between'

The Theory of 'In-Between'

Space-in-Between

The Narratives of 'In-Between'

The Post-revolutionary 'In-Between'

A New 'Space-in-Between'?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3319721844

9783319721842

OCLC:

1009150808