فصلنامه علمی-پژوهشی آرمانشهر شماره ۱۴ (۱)

Ahmad Ekhlassi- Amirhossein Rafati | Facade Tectonics in Traditional Houses of Shiraz, Iran, Case Study: Zinat-al-Molk House

Maryam Gharavi Khansari  |  Defining “Center and Edge” Concepts and Their Relationship with Durability and Dynamism in Architecture

Pirouz Hanachee- Naimeh Rezaei |  Living in a Historical Neighborhood: Challenges, Opportunities and Threats, Case Study: Oudlajan Neighborhood in Tehran

Mohammad Jalili-Alireza Einifar-Gholamreza Talischi |  Users’ Perception and Evaluation of Environmental Functions: Developing a Conceptual Model

Mehdi Khakzand-Yousef Gorji Mahlabani-Saeideh Teymouri Gerdeh |  A Specific Park for Women or a Public Park: Women’s Preferences and Perspectives on Using City Parks, Case Study: Four Parks in Tehran

Hasan Sajadzadeh- Negin Amiri- Shabnam Sina | The Relationship between Environmental Quality and Elderly Presence Ability in Urban Open Spaces, Case Study: Laleh Park, Tehran

Jamalledin Soheili-Sahar Bashirzadeh | Studying Flexibility Factor in the Architecture of Khaneh-Hussainias Using Space Syntax Theory with Approach to Social Relations, Case Study: Amini, Razavi and Akhavizadegan Khaneh-Hussainia in Qazvin

Ali Yaran  |  Investigating the Effect of Tall Buildings on Tehran City Landscape

Durability as continuity of identity and dynamism as changing and adaptability to new conditions are important architectural discussions. This paper aims to define the concepts and positions of durability and dynamism in the architectural structure. It seems that it is important to discuss which relations and components of an architectural structure have more effective roles in supporting identity and which are among short-term factors

The present study seeks to investigate users’ perception and evaluation of the function of designed environments and highlights a deeper understanding of man-environment relationship. The study tries to answer the question: “Is there any relationship between the physical features of environment and users’ perception and evaluation of the environment and their spatial behaviors?”

Iranian women who, in the traditional conditions of the past and norms of the Iranian society, have had a limited access to the public spaces of the city, with the changes taken place in our modern day society and factors such as education, employment and so on. Nowadays, they have distinguished themselves in various fields and introduced their own issues and concerns to the society.

Parks and urban green spaces have always been places to spend hours away from the bustling life and its numerous problems. In the meantime, elderly people also have the same share from such spaces as other people. Elderly, including old social groups with old age and decreasingly activities, have very leisure time and the possibility of using the urban park for voluntary and community activities is more than other society’s members. In this regard, this paper has been developed to improve the environmental quality of such spaces for the presence ability of vulnerable elderly population.