Islam is regarded to pay attention to the characteristics of urban life which can be practiced on the urban settings. Not surprisingly, Islam has made a great focus on the form and design of cities and prescribed detailed and elaborate regulations for individual and communal life. Seen from other way round, the penetration of Islam into various regions such as Iran, Europe, and Africa had an un...

I present the case ofone reborn rural community populated by former urbanites. What lifestyle and values do these newcomers seek? In what ways do they locate or construct these values? In this study, a small private school provides the vehicle for adults and children to construct, communicate, and enact their idealized identities. The school provides a physical and imagined place where newcomer...

this paper has been created in order to study the role of the meaning in creating a sense of place and in order to answer the questions about that, the meaning factor in each of its types- including the meanings that are in the mind of the human beings and the meanings that are in the place- can make which levels of meaning and also it is about that, how to achieve the various levels of sense o...

justice is defined as moderate, and it means putting everything in its place. true justice, based on its nature, has been long ago one of the most basic concerns of human life and the divine religions. quran as a guidance for human beings; has emphasized this doctrine in all aspects of life. in some verses using allegories, this concept has been further explained. besides, the preponderance of ...

question of quantity and quality of built spaces and meanings and implications inherent them, have always at the forefront of architectural researches. meanwhile, “approach to cognition” of the phenomenon of built space as well as “means of cognition” is the difference of researches and it is in question. one of the epistemology on recognition of objects which introduced in 20th century and emb...