Comparative Study of Privacy Notion in Houses in Qajar Era up to First Pahlavi in Tabriz

Abstract

Privacy has always been considered as one of the desirability of housing in various cultures and eras, and frequently it has been a significant indicator to evaluate a house. Furthermore, it seems to be a frequent concept in housing architecture which provides symbolic forms or spaces in houses. The present research is to address this notion in the houses in Qajar and first Pahlavi eras through a comparative study; both to focus on significance of this issue in Qajar and Pahlavi periods by exploring the subject and to identify identical or different architectural elements which are resulted to this notion. Hence, types and degrees of privacy are considered in these two cultures, then entrance stages to the house in Qajar and Pahlavi eras have been analyzed and studied that how privacy as an inherent concept has been resulted in providing special architectural symbols in houses, and made different or similar forms of one notion in various cultures.