Using the Rhythm-Analysis of the Daily Life in Organizing the Consumption of the Urban Space (Case Study: Pedestrian Path of Rasht)

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Authors

1 PhD candidate, Department of Urban Planning, School of Architecture and Urban Planning Tehran University of Art, , Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, ,Departmet of Urban Planning, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

ackground: The problem of producing empty spaces has been intensified with the efforts of the superior forces to pre-empt the space, and the resolution of this problem requires a creative solution. The research area (pedestrian path of Rasht) is one of the urban spaces in the country that has witnessed the processes of preemptory production and reproduction of space from a long time ago until now. In return, the creative solution is in people’s modes of consumption of the space.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was finding out how to use rhythm-analysis to better regulate the space consumption, in order to modify the viewpoint of professionalism. Rhythm-analysis of the daily life in urban spaces helps to understand the creative resistance of people in consuming the space and their practice of the deliberate order relevant to the daily life.
Methodology: Referring to the conceptual framework of the trialectics of spatiality, the impact of the three components of the climate-culture-regulated power on the rhythms of the perceived-conceived-lived space was studied, based on the progressive-regressive method. The research included two directions, namely studying the vertical and horizontal complexity of the space. To study the horizontal complexity of the space, the history of the Rasht space was referred to using the documentary study and their analysis through the document selection and analysis and their scrutiny. To study the horizontal complexity, the different rhythms of the research area was considered and it was tried to study the activities of the different groups of the space consumers using the field research (observation through a simple and non-interventional method) and the descriptive method. Then, using the mixed methods approach and the triangulation design, the results of studying each level were integrated into a general interpretation.
Results: Findings of the rhythm-analysis of the pedestrian path of Rasht showed that the simultaneous and harmonious presence of the multiple rhythms is the result of the harmony between the rituals of the power and the climatic and cultural cycles in the study area, so that this public space or simply put, the representation space, in spite of its preemptory design, to be a  space for compromising and coalition that is spontaneously dedicated to showing people's  time and the rhythms of their presence.
Conclusion: Climate and culture play an important role in producing the lasting rhythms in space. So, despite the power's efforts to unify the space, there are still passionate rhythms in the study area.

Highlights

The climate, culture and regulating power in the perceived space of Rasht have been in harmony with the different characteristics of their context. The first historical foundations of the conceived space were formed on the basis of the primary market-oriented economy in this city. Gradually, the commercial-political hub was strengthened in the vicinity of the capital, being on the trade route with the other foreign countries.

In the conceived space, the conflict between the inner and outer power was over the control of the space in Rasht. In contrast, the lived space of the city of Rasht is in line with the climate and culture and it has several rhythms that are in a peaceful relationship with each other. Given the contrast between the conceived and the lived state, the power of these rhythms has led to the superiority of the lived space.

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  • Receive Date: 17 February 2020
  • Revise Date: 10 March 2020
  • Accept Date: 09 April 2020

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