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This chapter shows illustratively form and function of urban and architectural elements: urban blocks, courtyard houses, ivans, domes, and wind catchers. It identifies how these elements function independently with others. The study includes detailed analysis of double domes as an excellent solution to the problem of intense radiation and shows how closed and compact urban structure breathed through wind catchers. The study is based on exhaustive field research conducted during several years.
Most of the studies of this part were conducted prior to 1973, and revised for the present study. We have dealt with the form and meaning of each element such as courtyard, ivan, dome and wind catcher, first separately, and then in connection with each other, to understand how they work together.
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Notes
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Concerning the building crafts including the origin of the Persian dome, see the eminent work of Wulff (1966), p. 105.
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For the investigation of architectural form of the oldest squinched dome, see Andre’ P. Hardy, in: Athar-e Iran, Tome III Fascicule I, 1938, pp. 163–165.
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See Olgyay (1969), p. 7.
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See M. Tavassoli, City Planning in the Hot Dry Climate of Iran, in G. Golany, ed., Design for Arid Regions, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983, pp. 128–130.
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See M. Tavassoli, Gunbad-i Qabus, in: Art and Architecture, No. 14, Tehran, 1972.
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See A.U. Pope, Persian Architecture, The Asia Institute, Pahlavi University Shiraz, 1969, p. 51.
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See A.U. Pope, Persian Architecture, The Asia Institute, Pahlavi University Shiraz, 1969, p. 44.
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Tavassoli, M. (2016). Organic Unity Between Urban and Architectural Elements: Urban Blocks, Courtyard Houses, Ivans, Domes, and Wind Catchers. In: Urban Structure in Hot Arid Environments. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39098-7_6
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