An Interpretation of the Patterns of Urban Space Reproduction Using Discourse Analysis (case study: Lalehzar Street)

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1 PhD. student, Department of Urban Planning, CTC., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, CTC., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning, CTC., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction : The current research will aim to answer this question: How can capital reproduction be interested in the historical contexts of the city, especially Lalehzar Street in Tehran, from the Safavid period until the Islamic Republic? Various components are involved in the spatial reproduction pattern. The complexity of this issue is increased when the diverse impact of these components is taken into account in terms of activism and their numerous behavioral characteristics. Depending on the position of the designer and the participation of others, the spectrum of activism varies from spontaneous, relative, interactive, multiplicative, or popular to aggressive, absolute, and elitist. The agency may also sometimes revolve around the power or its center, which still has a different impact on space reproduction. Since there are a variety of layers, capacities, and solutions to the reproduction of urban space through a variety of discourses and narratives, the analysis of discourse in architecture and urban planning as a research method in these areas has been neglected. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to find a new way of producing space and its use in urban planning.
Methodology: This study will try to collect rich insights and mental meanings. It will also focus on a variety of discourse. As a result, the present study is more of a theoretical approach. The discourses of different periods of urban space reproduction will be examined with the best explanation. As mentioned, the focus of the present study is on a variety of discourse, and hence the study is qualitative and multiple.
Results: The main components of space were recognized by politics, power, and capital. The main component of power consists of (modernism, national territory, governance, urban planning, democratic approach) and has a more central trajectory. the political component encompasses structures such as (community, culture, political developments, and elements of gender). The component of capital (economics, knowledge, art, collective and collective memories) is related to the first component, and all three can change from the periphery to the periphery, leading to new reproduction. In this struggle, the city’s public space changes. The main concepts that generally affect space and the reproduction of space are three codes (open, pivotal, and selected): power, politics, and capital. The findings suggest that the productive pattern, with varying degrees of the intertwining of historical events, has been “located-germ” with more main components with “spontaneous-invasive” and “peripheral-central” reproduction capability
Conclusion: The interviewing of historical events of varying degrees factor in creating urban space that identifies the location-germ. the spatial components of politics, power, and capital are the main actors who are recognizable and act in the range of “spontaneous-invasive” to “aggressive” and “planning” depending on which component operates in the more central or peripheral secretary, the amount of this activism is still variable. therefore, the factors provide a variety of alternatives to spatial reproduction to the proportion of action and character.

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Urban Planning Knowledge
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September 2025
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  • Receive Date: 17 November 2024
  • Revise Date: 19 May 2025
  • Accept Date: 20 February 2025

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