Research Paper

Recognition of Arg-e Ali Shah, Also known as Arg-e Tabriz (Altar of Jama Masjid of Tabriz built in Ilkhanate period I).

Niroumand Shishvan S.

J. Art Arch. Stud., 5(1): 01-12, 2016; pii:S238315531600001-5

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.29252/scil.2016.jaas1

Abstract

Arg-e Ali Shah or Jama Masjid of Tabriz is a very significant historical building; although it has almost lacked a complete roof but a wonderful symbol of resistant and durability during the history. Evidently, many visitors visited the blemished historical Arg building but never had it seemed lonely, and quiet, as it seems today! It has been a mosque, mausoleum, an ammunition factory or constitutionalist's shelter; it has always resisted round the clock, day and night against harshest earthquakes; yet it is a hard structure after 7 hundred years. The investigation process has convinced the writers to develop different conclusions on vault shape of altar of Masjid Ali Shah; prepared images and   maps illustrate that how Arg-e Ali Shah was built and how it was changed and transformed during the history. Accordingly, it is reviewed them and the recommendations of the previous investigators for structure analysis of Arg-e Ali Shah; also shape and form of demolished vault of the altar have been illustrated. It has been simulated it as a three-dimension structure; then we recognized the design of vault based on the field and library studies and proposed the final maintenance design for the great and inestimable historical building.
Keywords: Arg of Tabriz, Porch, Altar, Tabriz

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Research Paper

Aesthetics of the Main Types of Structures.

Popovici, Donici Mihai, Corneliu

J. Art Arch. Stud., 5(1): 13-16, 2016; pii:S238315531600002-5

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.29252/scil.2016.jaas2

Abstract

The structural aesthetics issue is a frontier field which the structure engineering does not study and which the architectural studies and projections neglect. This leads to severe consequences in various aspects, as the discrepancies between the architectural idea and the resistance design lead to: 1) Difficulties in the static and dynamic stability of structures; 2) Compromise occurs in the structural completion of the architectural designs; 3) Additional or useless expenses; 4) Non-aesthetic value of the constructions. The simplest definition on aesthetical value requires the congruence of form with substance. Seeing how in architecture, form is determined by: A: The geo-climatical agent; B: The technico-economical agent. While substance is determined by C: The socio-cultural agent. Therefore, the construction value, and the architectural work respectively, results from the congruence between the three dual environments, which concludes that neglecting any of the six agents is a source of aesthetic irrelevance. One can propose that a series of norms be settled concerning the correct projection of the architectural form, yet this would only provoke architects and architecture critics to argue that they predict a difficult quantification of socio-cultural fields which disrupt the building. Considering the present situation, the most appropriate formula would be generating guides, in order to generate a correct projection of the architectural form.
Keywords: Wood, Masonry, Ferroconcrete, Metal, Architecture.

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