An Investigation on The Role of In-between Spaces in Iranian Traditional Houses as an Architectural Heritage: The Case of Kashan Houses

Abstract

In-between spaces have the duty of separating other space by putting a distance between them, facilitating spatial identification and specification along with creating consequent spaces which gradually lead passers from public environment to more private sections. Designing such spaces was considered a necessity with significant importance in the architecture of Iranian Traditional Housing. Therefore, regarding the importance of the issue under study, the goal is to discover strategies applied in Iranian Traditional Houses by benefiting from the data gathered through a survey carried out on 50 respondents and technicians in the field of Iranian Traditional Architecture. To do so, EFA was utilized to specify factors creating by in between spaces in traditional houses. The result revealed that elements of continuity, hierarchy and spatial organization are the most evident factors in the architect of Iranian Traditional Houses and as the statistic showed that the highest level variance belonged to spatial organization.