Architecture is the product of different contexts؛ so, the way of dealing the builders of a building with the architectural elements, has different semantic and physical manifestations in different contexts, despite the similarity in general. As an example, the light in the Shia religion of Islam is a symbol of the divine essence and expression of existence and it has always been considered by ...

Abbas I, like many other Iranian kings, devoted special attention to the Jame Mosques. Following Isfahan’s election as his capital, he was trying to renovate the Bazaar and the old mosque, which was faced by the opposition of landowners at the time. Then he decided to build the Naghsh-e Jahan square and set up the Jame Abbasi as a new Jame Mosque in the city. In this paper, the two main compone...

The quality of interior space of each building should be amenable to the life type according to which its structure has been created. Mosques as distinctive structures of Islamic Architecture, observe this princi­ple, as well. The main activity occurring in the mosques, i.e. praying, has not changed during the history and their aesthetic characteristics as a funda­mental concept in Isla...

Daylight historic spaces were the only source of lighting supplier and traditional architects to artistic style as a tool to increase the visual quality of space and concepts used. The light is considered to be integral elements of space and Iranian architectural pattern should also be followed. Lighting pattern of Natural light and provide criteria main research question is historic mosques. T...

Each country's cultural heritage indicates culture, history, and background of a nation, which has different social, economic, and historical values. However, the evaluation of these heritages does not take place considering the hidden values in them. Therefore, in planning for preservation or exploitation of these heritages some values in them may be ignored. On the other hand, constraint on t...