Outputs (23)

Multiple expectations: Assessing the assumed roles of theory in relation to urban design (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Designers take different approaches when dealing with urban problems. Some find solutions in existing theories, some rely on their creativity, and many take a middle way. The questions h... Read More about Multiple expectations: Assessing the assumed roles of theory in relation to urban design.

Challenges of participatory urban design: Suggestions for socially rooted problems in the case study of Sang-e-siah, Shiraz, Iran (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The paper commences by introducing a problematic participatory urban design project. This is followed by identifying the main social obstacles found through qualitative interviews (with 20 residents of the neighborhood) and meetings with authorities... Read More about Challenges of participatory urban design: Suggestions for socially rooted problems in the case study of Sang-e-siah, Shiraz, Iran.

A typology of urban design theories and its application to the shared body of knowledge (2015)
Journal Article

© 2016 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. This article consists of two parts. The first part suggests a typology for urban design theories in order to provide a new way of understanding the nature and function of the, seemingly opposing, debates existing in t... Read More about A typology of urban design theories and its application to the shared body of knowledge.

Deleuze and research methodologies: The impact on planning (2014)
Journal Article

Book review

The urban design reader (second edition) (2014)
Journal Article

Book review

Is urban design true? (2013)
Journal Article

Attempting to justify and validate the discipline
of urban design

Contemplating the condition of urban design's knowledge in Iran and its future challenges (2013)
Journal Article

To make the knowledge of urban design suitable for the situation of Iran and in order to achieve vernacular urban design, besides broadening the knowledge of urban design, it is utterly crucial to evaluate today's urban design knowledge and its circu... Read More about Contemplating the condition of urban design's knowledge in Iran and its future challenges.

Iranian townscape and city form, from water-based to oilbased cities (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The development of cities is based on economy in Iran. Water and later oil have been the main economic resources and therefore associated with power. Taking this point of view, this research discusses what traits influenced the form and townscape of... Read More about Iranian townscape and city form, from water-based to oilbased cities.

Urban continuity and urban change; lessons from Jolfa a historical district of Isfahan (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There is a dialectical relationship between continuity and change in urban phenomena. When urban change accelerates, especially due to external forces, cities are likely to face the crisis of identity. Iran is a country that has undergone very differ... Read More about Urban continuity and urban change; lessons from Jolfa a historical district of Isfahan.

The role of urban design in achieving sustainability through promotion of sustainable behaviors (case study: Mellat Park in Tehran, Iran) (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper addresses the issue of sustainable behaviours and promotes it through designing a public park in Tehran, Iran