Developing a Framework for Promoting Social Interactions in the Architecture of Industrial Towns in Rural Areas of Tehran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PHD student at Department of Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Dubai, UAE Branch, United Arab, Emirates.

2 Professor at Department of Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

One of the most important features of the space is to create the necessary opportunities for social interactions. When people interact with other people in the community, a stronger connection to their place and community is felt. This interaction not only affects their social spirits, but also contributes to the economic growth and development of the communities present in those spaces. Today, according to economic and social conditions, various spaces have been formed in the direction of human habitation, of which labor-industrial settlements are one of these places. Given the novelty and specific characteristics of this style of architecture, how social interactions are formed within such circumstances is an issue. Such towns exist in rural areas around Tehran. This research intends to study the status of social interaction in industrial estates around Tehran through descriptive-analytical method and relying on quantitative and qualitative approaches and to examine how to improve the interactional space in them. For this reason, two industrial towns "Abbasabad" and "Pishva" were selected from among the industrial towns of Tehran province, and since the need to study the indicators and components related to architecture and social and cultural interactions in industrial towns; experts and specialists in the field of architecture, along with a number of managers and experts in the two towns, were the case study sample and the expert questionnaire based on the hourly model was developed and presented to specialists. Findings indicate that increasing the quality of public spaces in settlements, appropriate design, especially the routes of staff and employees, the existence of gathering activities, focal spaces for gathering such as playgrounds or dining rooms, the possibility of presence people multiply being together in space and moments and creating common experiences in industrial estates, and promotes social and cultural interactions in industrial estates.
Research aims:
1. To study and explain the promotion of social interactions through the design and improvement of public spaces in the architecture of industrial estates.
2. Providing a framework for indorsing social interactions in the architecture of industrial towns in rural areas of Tehran.
Research questions:
1. What are the strategies to encourage social interactions in industrial estates?
2. What measures can be taken to promote social interaction in the industrial towns of rural areas of Tehran?

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Islamic Art Studies
Volume 17, Issue 39 - Serial Number 39
December 2020
Pages 440-450

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