Composition Possibilities of Transformable Structures within an Islamic Architecture Context

Indeterminate Architecture : Scissor Pair Transformable Structures

Most traditional architectural theories and practices aim at designing unique, fixed and ideal solutions. The general belief is that the final shape of a building can be achieved by analyzing present situations, such as clients’ stated needs, demands and desires. Likewise, this approach is based on descriptions and assumptions, which consider future situations as certain, invariable and in a pa...

Flexibility in Architecture: An Innovative Design for Covering of a Transformable Dome Using Kinetic Elements

Flexibility is a concept associated with variable needs of human beings.Today transformable structures are used to meet human changeable demands with different purposes and functions such as facades, roofs, sunshades, etc.A Flexible structure must be able to change physically and adapt to predetermined conditions.To provide flexibility and adaptability,transformable systems are required to poss...

Within-text and Out-of-text Structures of Islamic-Iranian Manuscripts

Despite some differences, Islamic-Iranianmanuscriptshave special common out-of-text and within-text structures. These structures were followed by authors, scribes and transcription centers during centuries when transcription tradition was dominant throughout the Islamic world. In this article, these common features were considered in detail. Some manuscript folios preserved in National Library ...

Islamic Architecture and Its Challenges

An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Conflicts of Apartment Housing Architecture with the Islamic Lifestyle Based on Islamic Narrative Teachings

Islamic texts have significant capacities in various fields of human knowledge. Among the issues raised in these religious texts is architecture and its features that on this basis, till now, some researches have been done on the Islamic architecture. One of the main problems which have been considered during recent decades (especially in the field of urban development) is development pattern ...