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Velayat park: En plats för gränsöverskridande möten mellan människor med olika socioekonomisk status
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Architecture and Water.
2017 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Tehran, the capital of Iran has undergone major urbanization in the last century, which has caused uncontrollable urban growth. Poor regulation and control of this growth has given rise to environmental problems including high air and water pollution. In turn, this has led to urban growth towards the mountains in the north, where the environment is better. However, this pressure to develop in the north has increased segregation of the city and created a clear social division of class between the northern and southern parts of the City.

In light of this, and in the context of Tehran as an extremely dense city with limited green space, the City sees a possibility in transforming an unused military airport in the southern districts of the city into a new urban park.

This master thesis explores how to reclaim the 270Ha former airfield and develop it as an urban park with strengthened links to surrounding neighbourhoods.

The work aims to gain an understanding of how large vacant areas can become successful public areas and green places in the community. The work is based on urban theory and site analysis and brings forward design proposals for the park.

Analysis work is divided into an investigative and exploratory stage. The investigative part includes literature studies, data collection and mapping of the city’s urban morphological development, taking into account physical and socio-economic processes. The exploratory part consisted of inventories, site studies and interviews in Tehran, as well as integration analysis with space syntax to explore accessibility and connections in the new park.

Throughout the study shows how and why the city has evolved and highlights a connection between living in the southern districts, which are low-income areas, with also having poor access to public and recreation areas.

This analysis forms the foundations for the design proposal, visualizations and programs presented about how the area can be designed as a new urban city park.

In conclusion, the study highlights that in order to be able to develop new places or renew existing area’s, consideration must be given to urban morphological development. This includes the socio-economic and socio-ecological process. It further concludes, that a ecological viewpoint together with a understanding of the physical environment, the urban landscape identity and the need of people in the context needs to be brought together to plan and create parks and urban spaces

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. , p. 117
Keywords [en]
Brownfield, persian gardens, qanats, urban planning, urban form, urban development, urban landscape, identity, green space, public space, socio-economic problems
Keywords [sv]
Urban form, urbanmorfologi, stadsplanering, identitet, socioekonomi, Space syntax, Iran, Teheran, persisk trädgård, park
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Architecture
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-65010OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-65010DiVA, id: diva2:1130725
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Student thesis, at least 30 credits
Educational program
Architectural Engineering, master's level
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