Article "Kalateh of Birjand: Redefining Settlement Form Based on the Historical Garden" Published in Athar Journal

The article "Kalateh of Birjand: Redefining Settlement Form Based on the Historical Garden" was published in Issue 2, Volume 47 of Athar Journal.

According to the report of Aria's Heritage reporter, the article "Birjand's Kalateh; Redefining the shape of the settlement based on the historical garden" in September 1405, by Maryam Rezaipour, director of the Garden and Cultural Landscape Research Group of the Architectural and Urban Heritage Research Institute and fellow researchers; Mohammadreza Farzad Behtash and Hamidreza Sabaghi, assistant professors of the Department of Urban Planning, North Tehran branch of Islamic Azad University, and Alireza Anisi, professor and faculty member of the Architectural and Urban Heritage Research Institute, published in issue 2, volume 47 of the magazine.

The issue of connecting historical gardens with their establishment contexts has been given less attention both in studies related to historical gardens and in the field of their protection. In Birjand, some historical gardens have a close connection with the residential areas around them, which are referred to as Kalateh. Kalatehs, which were the main seat of government and residence of the rulers of Birjand, i.e. the Alam family, have unique patterns in many ways that distinguish them from other settlements with historical gardens in the same area.

In this article, in addition to studying the historical-political nature of these settlements and their relationship with the historical gardens in Birjand, the spatial organization and general structures of such settlements have been discussed. Also, the role of the historical garden in the creation and development of immediate residential nuclei has been studied. The results indicate that the kalates were biological capacities related to historical gardens, which are the result of the accumulation of wealth in territorial areas in the mentioned historical period. These small biological cores are actually a part of historical farms that were redefined with the focus of historical gardens in Birjand area and developed over time.

This article, extracted from the doctoral dissertation of the first author, titled "Analysis of the formation patterns and development process of native settlements around historical gardens with the aim of providing a conservation plan; Case study: Birjand city", in 1404.

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