TY - CHAP
T1 - Reclaiming Heritage through the Image of Traditional Habitat
AU - Mozaffari, Ali
AU - Westbrook, Nigel
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - From the 1960s, Iran, like many other similar countries experienced a radical urban expansion and industrialization, chiefly as a result of the expanding oil industry. Internal migration fueled by industrialization created both a crisis of habitation and a cultural dissonance, in response to which various schemes were developed for model communities, intended to bridge the gap between Iranian culture, its heritage and modern urbanism. We will examine one such ‘model community’, New Shushtar, a housing complex adjacent to the ancient heritage town of Shushtar, in which architectural motifs and images were used to evoke and perhaps invoke authentic traditional life. We will place this complex within the broader context in the Muslim world of attempts to defend regional culture from the effects of globalization.
AB - From the 1960s, Iran, like many other similar countries experienced a radical urban expansion and industrialization, chiefly as a result of the expanding oil industry. Internal migration fueled by industrialization created both a crisis of habitation and a cultural dissonance, in response to which various schemes were developed for model communities, intended to bridge the gap between Iranian culture, its heritage and modern urbanism. We will examine one such ‘model community’, New Shushtar, a housing complex adjacent to the ancient heritage town of Shushtar, in which architectural motifs and images were used to evoke and perhaps invoke authentic traditional life. We will place this complex within the broader context in the Muslim world of attempts to defend regional culture from the effects of globalization.
UR - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-4071-9
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-10-4071-9
DO - 10.1007/978-981-10-4071-9
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789811040702
T3 - Heritage Studies in the Muslim World
SP - 47
EP - 65
BT - The Making of Islamic Heritage
A2 - Rico, Trinidad
PB - Springer
CY - Heidelberg
ER -