Sana'a, Structure, Historical Form, Architecture and Culture

Soltanzadeh, Hossein; Moghaddam, Mohammadreza Sadeghi

doi:10.13189/cea.2015.030303

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“…These substantial changes are seen in the deformation and architecture of the city at the time of Islam emergence in the first Christian century. This cultural orientation had been in the middle of the north-south axis in which the gates of Yemen and Levant are located in its two ends (Soltanzadeh & Sadeghi Moghaddam , 2015). Social and skeletal structure: The Yemen Arab Republic was formed in 1990.…”

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Social and Cultural Structure of an Iranian-Islamic City and Its Comparative Comparison to Sana’a City

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In the Islamic ideology, the Iranian-Islamic culture is the same Islamic transcendental culture blown into the spirit of the skeleton of Iranian culture. The culture has established appearance under the dominance of a particular social system, which in turn, it has created a different social and cultural structure in the cities after the appearance of Islam. In researches carried out regarding Islamic cities during past years, the investigation on the indicators and attributions of the skeletal structure of Islamic cities played a more prominent role. In the present study, through a different view into the Iranian-Islamic cultural and social structure and nature, it has been attempted to investigate on the cultural and social organization of the Islamic city, Sana'a. The aim of the present study is to explain an Iranian-Islamic city from a cultural and social viewpoint and to compare it with the Islamic city, Sana'a comparatively. This study has a descriptive-analytical nature and it is attempting to analyze and pluralize the theme through an attributional method and library resources in order to achieve reasonable results. The results represented that having cultural and historical centers, Sana'a is recognized as one of the most valuable Islamic cultures which has social and cultural features common with those of an Islamic-Iranian city, in particular with respect to the elements playing a prominent role. Among the elements, the following ones were observed: the element of the mosques as the centers of religious and social communications, the element of houses and residential regions as the places for conducting social and individual communications and observing the privacies, the cultural feature such as conducting the cultural and religious ceremonies and celebrations particularly the Muslims' festivals, the birthday of prophet of Islam, the rites of hajj, and etc. These features represent the unity and correlation of Iranian Muslims with all Muslims of the world.

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Section: Table5 Islamic and Cultural Ceremonies Of Sana'a Descriptimentioning

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Social and Cultural Structure of an Iranian-Islamic City and Its Comparative Comparison to Sana’a City

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Relationship between the perceived characteristics of the built environment and social sustainability: Sana'a City, Yemen use case..

Alwah,

Al-Attar,

Wei

2023

J Hous and the Built Environ

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Relationship between physical elements and density of use of public spaces in Sana'a City

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The characteristics of public spaces direct the behaviour of people within them, and consideration of the features of physical components of a space is essential for determining the degree of occupancy of that space. This study investigates the relationships between the characteristics of physical components of public open spaces and their density, and intensity of spatial use (DSU and ISU), applying to four selected public open spaces in Sana'a City in Yemen. Bedimo-Rung assessment tool-direct observation (Brat-do) is used in this study to examine the characteristics of the physical components of spaces, field surveys to determine their DSU and ISU values and behavioural maps to determine the diversity of activities in the spaces. The results showed a strong relationship between the DSU and the characteristics of the physical components of the studied spaces. The DSU was correlated with four of the five characteristics mentioned in the Brat-do tool: the features, conditions, aesthetics and safety of the spaces.

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Sana'a, Structure, Historical Form, Architecture and Culture

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Social and Cultural Structure of an Iranian-Islamic City and Its Comparative Comparison to Sana’a City

Social and Cultural Structure of an Iranian-Islamic City and Its Comparative Comparison to Sana’a City

Relationship between the perceived characteristics of the built environment and social sustainability: Sana'a City, Yemen use case..

Relationship between physical elements and density of use of public spaces in Sana'a City

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