Evaluating the Residents’ Opinions of the Neighborhood about the Inter-productive Structures in Historical Context of Julfa, Isfahan

Isfahan’s Julfa neighborhood has been one of the valuable historical neighborhoods related to the Safavid era. It is different from other neighborhoods of the city due to the residents’ cultural-religious differences. Interventions in historical contexts are taking place with a variety of approaches around the world. The present study was conducted to answer this question: What should the inter-productive structures in historical context of Isfahan’s Julfa neighborhood look like? After reviewing the types of interventions and considering the role of users in development types, the populist attitudes as the appropriate statergy was chosen and done through a questionnaire that tested the Julfa residents’ opinions. Regarding the discussion and need to interpret and analyze various categories related to buildings, qualitative method was used, and in the field of evaluating inter-productive structures in historical context, a questionnaire has been applied. The required information was gathered by using library and field survey methods. In compiling the questionnaire, images related to various contexts including Julfa were organized with various types of interventions through reporters’ test, and selected images and questions were distributed among 400 native habitants with at least 10 years of residence. The questions answered by 370 participants were analyzed by using SPSS software. By examining the correlation of variables of different types of inter-productive structures in historical context, it was found that Julfa residents agree more with the existence of significant relationship between texture-related aesthetic criteria and design approaches which are more protected and are in harmony with the existing context in designing new buildings. The findings indicate that the preference of Julfa residents over the approaches of complete conformity to complete contrast was from more to less, respectively.