THE APPLICATION OF SPACE SYNTAX IN REHABILITATION OF DETERIORATED FABRIC CITY

Mashhad is one of the Iranian metropolises that throughout the urban development process over the last five decades had its interrupt spatial structure and central fabric interrupted and witnessed chaos and confusion. Sarshoor is the name of a famous and significant historical Bazaar that had an important role in economic affairs in Mashhad, located in the main street adjacent to Emam Reza Holy shrine but now the Bazaar has lost its identity, sense of belonging, glory and has converted to spatial isolation,staying away from the main structure and lost economic and social worth. The authorities refer to it as the deteriorated urban areas. This paper analyzes the effects of transformation processes on structure and configuration of the bazaar which has led to this loss of value. The research is practical and it exploits an analytical-descriptive method. The theory of „Natural Movement‟ forms the basis of the research with the exploration of the spatial pattern being analyzed on three stages, before 1971, after 1971 and today, through the use of Space Syntax using Depth map software . The results demonstrate that the rise in the depth of Sarshoor Bazaar and decline in its global integration have contributed to its deterioration, subsequently, we are faced with the ongoing deterioration and isolation of Sarshoor bazaar. This Bazaar was in close relation with the main street 1971. It had an average of mean depth of 8.91 and high integration value with the main street while after the reconstruction of the areas around Holy Shrine in 1999 and eliminating the north section of bazaar, it increased to 9.97 and its integration value decreased dramatically. The Results suggest that we can rehabilitate the Bazaar with decreasing the mean depth and increasing the integration R (n) value.

کلیدواژه ها:

Space Syntax ، Deteriorated Fabric ، Natural Movement ، Rehabilitation ، Sarshoor