Rereading urban form in tehran since the 1920s in the case of valiasr street

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Raassi, Nikou
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As part of an urban analysis of Tehran, the major question is how and to what extent an urban space (Valiasr Street and its surroundings) manifests urban developments in each epoch in its processes of production. Considering Valiasr Street as the urban backbone of the city, according to its extension and qualities of its surroundings, and by looking at the urban forms regarding this extension, this study will explore the nature of urban transformation under political circumstances and understand each period‟s urbanization and development of its urban form. While reconsidering partial accounts and qualities inherited in the street, Tehran‟s urban structure and thus its urbanization in constitution of urban identity of its inhabitants will make the scope of this research.
Urban renewal.
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613462/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/20708
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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N. Raassi, “Rereading urban form in tehran since the 1920s in the case of valiasr street,” M.Arch. - Master of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, 2011.
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