Tehran's color plan was carried out during 1990s with the primary purpose of restoring color consistency particularly to the historic center of the city. In fact, it attempted to bring unity and avoid color pollution to the cityscape. However, it seems to have been neglectful of many other factors, including orientation, legibility, and the mental image of the city. Further analysis shows that it fails to address figure-ground perception, as a sign of hierarchy and order, on the urban scale. Hence, this article aims to recover figure-ground perception with respect to Brandi's theory of restoration as well as the constituent elements of the image of the city. The study makes a contribution to the field of urban design/planning, as it offers important insights into a critical aspect of city color plan and cityscape.
Tehran has many valuable historical buildings as historical and populous capital. However, the increasing growth of the city and the uncontrolled prevalence of construction have endangered the city's architectural heritage in recent years. Introducing architecturally valuable buildings to people, and planning to visit them can reduce the risk of demolition. Recently, mobile applications and social networks have provided new facilities to boost tourism in Tehran following the spread of the Internet and the use of smartphones. The aim of this research is to provide a solution for tourism prosperity in Tehran's architectural heritage. This solution is defined in the form of a smartphone- based application. Users in this app can search the list of Tehran's architectural heritage and start tours to them. The application tries to complete its database of historical buildings and tours in interaction with users and under the supervision of experts. This research includes ideation, preliminary studies, design of the initial model, and proposal of the mechanism and user interface of the above application.
The virtual visits to cultural heritage sites have significantly increased due to the Coronavirus pandemic and related restrictions on face-to-face visits to historical cultural sites. Many people visit these sites to get acquainted with the culture of the past, researchers to access original and primary documents, and experts to manage information and adopt decision-making policies. In Iran, there is no virtual museum with the capability of displaying its cultural heritage. Thus, the present study aims to present how an online virtual museum can be created in a simple and low-cost way to integrate tangible and intangible cultural heritage documents. This virtual museum integrates the virtual tours of historical monuments, 3D models of museum objects, images, and videos introducing cultural heritage objects. Moreover, with all types of data stored on it, the museum can be useful for the public, researchers, and experts in various fields, improving cultural heritage conservation. Finally, a more comprehensive approach is proposed to digitally integrate cultural heritage documents. This approach can be applied to other countries with common concerns.
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