Identifying Indicators of Timurid Architecture Reflected in the Contemporary Buildings of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 P. H.D., student, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 P. H. D., Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 P. H. D., Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/ias.2020.227196.1228

Abstract

The interrelation of identity and architecture with national and regional identity is an issue that has received superior devotion in recent years in all nations. In the current situation and with an outlook towards introvert architecture, clarifying how works of contemporary architecture are influenced by their predecessors, particularly those works that are in the historical-cultural context of each other are of significant importance. Therefore, in this research, by examining the imperative and influential features and the intra-textual components of identity in the Timurid architectural tradition, as one of the most significant architectural civilizations in Greater Khorasan and in the countries of its evolution. Regarding the Timuird structures of the mentioned regions, an attempt has been made to coherently express by what means and the degree of connection between Timurid architectural tradition and contemporary architectural works and its diverse components and layers. In this research, through library surveys and analysis of historical documents, a qualitative research method was applied by using multiple analytical-descriptive, historical-interpretive and comparative methods. The statistical population of the paper are the three countries of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan between the years 1960 and 1990. The analysis of the data and the results of the research show that the contemporary buildings in these countries have attempted to combine different layers in building architecture to communicate and converse with the Timurid architectural tradition.
 
Research aims:
1. Recognizing the identifying indicators of Timurid architecture in contemporary public buildings of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
2. Comparison of the relationship between Timurid architectural tradition and contemporary architectural works in three countries of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Research questions:
1. How is the reflection of the identifying indicators of the Timurid architectural tradition in the contemporary public buildings of the three countries of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan?
2. How is the level of communication in different layers and between Timurid architectural tradition and contemporary architectural works in the three countries of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan explained?

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Islamic Art Studies
Volume 18, Issue 44
February 2021
Pages 222-241

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