Modern Middle-Class Housing in Tehran: Reproduction of an Archetype: Episodes of Urbanism 1945-1979

231 Pages·2020·22.806 MB·English

by  Rana Habibi

Modern Middle-Class Housing in Tehran
Iran Studies
Editorial Board
Ali Gheissari (University of San Diego)
Yann Richard (Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Christoph U. Werner (University of Bamberg)
volume 21
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Modern Middle-Class Housing
in Tehran
Reproduction of an Archetype:
Episodes of Urbanism 1945–1979
By
Rana Habibi
LEIDEN | BOSTON
Cover illustration: Iranian modern urbanism. Source: the author.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Habibi, Rana, author.
Title: Modern middle-class housing in Tehran : reproduction of an archetype
 / Rana Habibi.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021. | Series: Iran studies,
 1569-7401 ; vol. 21 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020040656 (print) | LCCN 2020040657 (ebook) |
 ISBN 9789004443686 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004443709 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Housing—Iran—Tehran—History—20th century. | Cities and
 towns—Iran—Tehran—History—20th century. | Tehran (Iran)—Buildings,
 structures, etc. | Middle class—Iran—Tehran—History—20th century.
Classification: LCC HD7359.2.A3 H33 2020 (print) | LCC HD7359.2.A3
 (ebook) | DDC 711/.5809552509045—dc23
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To my beloved parents
Dr. Mohsen Habibi & Shahin Eskandari
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
List of Illustrations xiii
Persian Transcription xvi
Introduction 1
1 Middle-Class Housing Development in Tehran and the Question of
Non-Western Modernity 1
2 Iran’s Position amidst Non-Western Architectural Modernism 8
3 Modernism as Institutionalism 13
4 From Ideal Modernism to Popular Modernism 14
5 Modernism as a Taste 15
6 Modernism as a Transnational Model 17
7 Tehran Urban Modernization: Articulation of the Walled Gardens and
Urban Planning Laws 19
8 Modern Middle-Class Quarters: A Reproduction of Archetype 29
1 The Unveiled House—The Institutionalization of Modern Middle-Class
Neighborhoods in 1940s Tehran: Chahārsad Dastgāh, 1946 35
1 Growth of the Middle Class, the Question of Modern Collective
Housing, and the Birth of Tehran’s First Modern Neighborhood 35
2 Modern District—The Courtyard House New Urban Block
Configuration: Chahārsad Dastgāh 46
3 A Modern House by Law: Expansion of Modernity 61
4 Conclusion 64
2 Architects and Architecture without Architects: Nārmak, 1952 66
1 Introduction 66
2 Reformers 68
3 A Modernist Vision for a Middle-Class Neighborhood: Nārmak 73
4 A Yard: Contextualization of the Modern 83
5 Builders: Negotiating the Modern 90
6 Conclusion 91
3 Modern Taste—Iranian Domestic Cultural Transformation and the
Excellence of the Car-Urban Landscape: Kuy-e Farah, 1961 and Kuy-e
Chahārom-e Ābān, 1969 97
1 Introduction 97
2 The Modern Iranian House as Embodiment of Global Taste 108