From the so-called Islamic City to the Contemporary Urban Morphology: the Historic Core of Kermanshah City in Iran as a Case Study

[EN] Pre-1920 cities in Iran are characterized by a number of features considered to be typical of the so-called “Islamic city”. A set of features are shared by traditional cities where dominated by Islam religion. The notion of “Islamic city”, often criticised for its Eurocentric nature, has guided most studies of these traditional cities. The modernisation process in so-called Islamic cities is crucial due to its serious impacts on the traditional morphology and transformation of their urban structure. We, thus, need more holistic and integrated understanding about changes of these cities derives from the modernisation process. In order to explore the broad and wide-spread changes due to modernisation process in the traditional cities in Muslim world, it is more enlightening if we study second order cities, rather than studying the transformations of major capitals such as Cairo, Istanbul or Teheran, where interventions are goal to approach a more exceptional and rhetorical characters. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to study the historic core of Kermanshah city, to understand the link between urban transformations and social due to modernisation process by tracing it historically. We will focus, particularly, on studying the stages of urban transformation and changes of urban morphology as well as conflict and differences between traditional urban features with the modern ones. For example, we are interested in understanding how traditional morphology and structure of residential and commercial zone are affected by the opening of new and wide boulevards in course of modernisation process, and how these changes influence everyday people life.Pakseresht, S.; Guardia Bassols, M. (2018). From the so-called Islamic City to the Contemporary Urban Morphology: the Historic Core of Kermanshah City in Iran as a Case Study. En 24th ISUF International Conference. Book of Papers. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 689-695. https://doi.org/10.4995/ISUF2017.2017.5210OCS68969

Transformacions urbanes a la Catalunya del segle XVIII

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Public markets in the contemporary city. The Barcelona case

La historia de los mercados ha sido escasamente estudiada, aunque exista un notable consenso de que han sido la fuerza modeladora de las ciudades europeas desde el medioevo. En la ciudad contemporánea las formas comerciales han atraído fundamentalmente por su novedad. Han interesado así en los distintos momentos históricos los pasajes, los grandes almacenes, los autoservicios, los supermercados o los centros comerciales. Pasada la primera fase de construcción de los nuevos los mercados metálicos decimonónicos, y algunas propuestas de las primeras décadas del siglo XX, pronto los mercados se asociaron a un formato del pasado que, tarde o temprano, debía pasar a mejor vida. La experiencia ha demostrado, sin embargo, la alta capacidad de supervivencia de los mercados frente a los rápidos ciclos de auge y obsolescencia de los nuevos formatos comerciales. El caso de Barcelona puede ofrecer algunos elementos para una aproximación comparada.The public markets history has been scarcely studied, although it is widely acknowledged that they have been the driving force behind the configuration of European cities from medieval times. In the contemporary cities, new retail premises, as the shopping arcades, department stores, supermarkets or shopping malls, have drawn much greater attention than the evolution of public markets. After the first stages of the new market halls building during the 19th century and first decades of the 20th century, the retail revolution showed the public markets as anachronisms doomed to vanish, given the efficiency of the new commercial formats. The experience has showed however that the high survival capacity of public markets contrasts with the rapid cycles increase and obsolescence of new commercial formats. The case of Barcelona can provide some elements for a comparative approach

Los mercados públicos en la ciudad contemporânea: el caso de Barcelona

La historia de los mercados ha sido escasamente estudiada, aunque exista un notable consenso de que han sido la fuerza modeladora de las ciudades europeas desde el medioevo. En la ciudad contemporánea las formas comerciales han atraído fundamentalmente por su novedad. Han interessado así en los distintos momentos históricos los pasajes, los grandes almacenes, los autoservicios, los supermercados o los centros comerciales. Pasada la primera fase de construcción de los nuevos los mercados metálicos decimonónicos, y algunas propuestas de las primeras décadas del siglo XX, pronto los mercados se asociaron a un formato del pasado que, tarde o temprano, debía pasar a mejor vida. La experiência ha demostrado, sin embargo, la alta capacidad de supervivencia de los mercados frente a los rápidos ciclos de auge y obsolescencia de los nuevos formatos comerciales. El caso de Barcelona puede ofrecer algunos elementos para una aproximación comparada