BLANK SLATE: SQUARES AND POLITICAL ORDER OF CITY

Asma Mehan
2016 Journal of Architecture and Urbanism  
This paper aims to analyze the square beyond an architectural element in the city, but weaves this blank slate, with its contemporary socio political atmosphere as a new paradigm. As a result, this research investigates the historical, social and political concept of Meydan – a term which has mostly applied for the Iranian and Islamic public squares. This interpretation, suggested the idea of Meydan as the core of the projects in the city, which historically exposed in formalization of power
more » ... ations and religious ideologies. In this sense, studying the spatial transformation of Iranian public squares introduces the framework, which is adaptable to contemporary urban context.
doi:10.3846/20297955.2016.1246987 fatcat:txi5yxlbvnerrkcninxp5u2fme