Ahmad Heidari
Abstract
Courtyard, corridor and iwan are among the elements that have played an important role in information the living spaces of a residential unit, both private and public. The public part ...
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Courtyard, corridor and iwan are among the elements that have played an important role in information the living spaces of a residential unit, both private and public. The public part of a structure is known as the porch and exterior, and its function has been a place to receive an official guest or a place for ceremonies and public gatherings. In the meantime, the hypostyle design (hypostyle) is one of the elements that was added to some buildings such as Aliaqapo and Chehelston during the reign of Shah Abbas II Safavid and then spread in different forms. The resemblance of the Safavid hypostyle to the general court of the Shah Jahan period, which had become common in India a little earlier, led some scholars to consider the Safavid hypostyle as a representation of the Audience hall Gurkani. The question of this research is why and how hypostyle became popular in Safavid architecture and how was its origin or evolution? This research has been done by descriptive-analytical method. The result of the research shows that hypostyle Mughal Empire is a combination of Achaemenid columned halls and Mandapa of Hindu temples and was first built in India during the Shah Jahan period and then Safavid borrowed from it. This element became desirable in Iranian architecture and in order to create a suitable open and empty space, after the Safavid period in the nave of the mosques of Zandieh and Qajar period, it has been used in a transformed way.
