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Mohammadhasani F, Shahbazi M, Sobouti H. Investigating the Position of Contemporary Mosques in the Urbanscape based on the Semiotics Approach. CIAUJ 2023; 8 (2) :129-148
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Investigating the Position of Contemporary Mosques in the Urbanscape based on the Semiotics Approach
1- Department of Architecture, Zanjan branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran
2- Department of Architecture, Zanjan branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran ,majidshahbazi57@gmail.com
2- Department of Architecture, Zanjan branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran ,
Abstract: (1183 Views)
Mosques in Islamic cities are one of the symbolic elements in the urban landscape that, while giving identity and meaning to the urban environment, make the city readable and oriented; But the changes and transformations created in the architectural structure and contemporary urban planning have altered the shape and image to the position of today's mosques. In this research, which was conducted in an analytical-comparative way, the authors investigate the role of contemporary mosques in the landscape of today's cities with the aim of improving the visual and semantic quality of urban landscapes. The statistical population of the research is 78 students of Architecture and Urban Planning of Azad University of Zanjan in the year 1400-1401. According to Cochran's formula, the statistical population is 65 randomly selected from the statistical population. The evaluations are based on the semiotic approach in the form of three dimensions "physical", "functional" and "meaning" with 16 criteria, through sample t-test and multivariate regression. Surveys show that, from the point of view of the statistical community, the level of realizability of contemporary mosques as a sign is at an average or even low level; So that the "physical" dimension with an average of 3.19 has more realizability compared to the functional dimension, 2.98 and the semantic dimension 2.74. Among the criteria, the criteria of "shape and form of building" with an average of 3.524 and the criterion of "place identity" with an average of 2.014 have the highest and lowest levels of realizability, respectively. The results of the research indicate that in the process of modernization of cities, mosques hold secondary importance as symbolic elements of identity building, and by losing their connection with the structure of the city and neighborhoods, their function has also changed.
Type of Study: Original Article |
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the comparative studies of Architecture and Urbanism in the realm of Cultural Iran
Received: 2023/08/31 | Accepted: 2023/10/28 | ePublished: 2023/12/29
Received: 2023/08/31 | Accepted: 2023/10/28 | ePublished: 2023/12/29
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