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Main features or samples of the indigenous (or the clay or the traditional ) architecture in the historic Yazd City, because of being unique, are good subjects for a pictorial presentation. The historic Yazd City, the capital of Yazd Province, which may be considered as a unique city in the world with rich samples of the indigenous ( or of the clay ) architecture, intrigues both Iranians and foreign tourists. Some historians ascribe the city of Yazd as a location that initially was selected by Alexander to keep the Persian princes ( c. 320 B.C.). The location of Alexander Prison at present, however, is a theological school in Fahaadaan part of Yazd City (-- the very historic part or section of the city).
Introduction of the Indigenous Architecture: The indigenous (or the clay or the traditional ) architecture in Iran has a long history and may be traced back to the Sumerian time, about 7000 to 5000 years ago. Such method of architecture, by the use of clay as main building material, is about to extinct because of a rapid urbanization and modernization in Iran from about the 1940's up to the present time.
The historic cities of Iran ( -- founded prior to the A.D. 1st up to the A.D. 10th century), therefore, are representing two styles of architecture: 1) the indigenous (or the clay) architecture backed by centuries of experience and performed by builders with no or little secular education, and 2) a modern architecture backed by educated people with no or little experience. As an example, while a ceiling by the use of brick and clay that is constructed by an indigenous builder has lasted several centuries ( and in some cases about 1000 years), a roof in a modern apartment after 10 or 20 years may fall apart.
For this reason, the main features of the indigenous ( or the clay) architecture are both unique and worth recording before they are wiped out completely in the modernization process. The major historic cities of Iran in which a rich historical heritages are still alive have been selected for recording the main features of the indigenous architecture pictorially. Such cities are mostly founded from 500 B.C. up to the A.D. 10th century. The architectural features in these cities include the heritage houses, the traditional wooden doors of the heritage houses with two knockers in each door ( --one a male knocker and another a female knocker), the wind-catchers (the baadgeirs), the ground water reservoir ( the aab-anbaar), the maj-moo'ah (a complex or a group), the baazaar, caravansaries, and many more (introduction).
One issue is necessary to be brought to the attention of the publishers and literary agents: The publishing industry in the West may be searching for a work similar to that of Hemingway to be pleased for its publication. On the other hand, the production of a pictorial book is somehow similar to the production of a motion picture and it is usually produced by the sponsorship of a government, a state, a university, or a financially strong foundation or publishing house. This is for the first time that a pictorial series, with an academic orientation, is produced by the investment of an author (-- each volume of a pictorial book demands resources that in some other countries such resources could be used for the production of 20 to 50 books).
Finally, for those who are in search of life in other planets, this work offers illustrations of life in a corner of our planet Earth that many people in the world have not yet visited. The seventh volume of An E-odyssey To Historic Cities of Iran, therefore, invites you for an electronic journey to main features of the indigenous architecture in the historic Yazd City in a convenient way, that is by sitting in your room or your office and by having an access to the internet, and by the price of almost a cup of coffee in Terminal A or Terminal B of an airport before a $2000 to $4000 costs of a trip to Yazd City are secured.
Introduction of the Indigenous Architecture: The indigenous (or the clay or the traditional ) architecture in Iran has a long history and may be traced back to the Sumerian time, about 7000 to 5000 years ago. Such method of architecture, by the use of clay as main building material, is about to extinct because of a rapid urbanization and modernization in Iran from about the 1940's up to the present time.
The historic cities of Iran ( -- founded prior to the A.D. 1st up to the A.D. 10th century), therefore, are representing two styles of architecture: 1) the indigenous (or the clay) architecture backed by centuries of experience and performed by builders with no or little secular education, and 2) a modern architecture backed by educated people with no or little experience. As an example, while a ceiling by the use of brick and clay that is constructed by an indigenous builder has lasted several centuries ( and in some cases about 1000 years), a roof in a modern apartment after 10 or 20 years may fall apart.
For this reason, the main features of the indigenous ( or the clay) architecture are both unique and worth recording before they are wiped out completely in the modernization process. The major historic cities of Iran in which a rich historical heritages are still alive have been selected for recording the main features of the indigenous architecture pictorially. Such cities are mostly founded from 500 B.C. up to the A.D. 10th century. The architectural features in these cities include the heritage houses, the traditional wooden doors of the heritage houses with two knockers in each door ( --one a male knocker and another a female knocker), the wind-catchers (the baadgeirs), the ground water reservoir ( the aab-anbaar), the maj-moo'ah (a complex or a group), the baazaar, caravansaries, and many more (introduction).
One issue is necessary to be brought to the attention of the publishers and literary agents: The publishing industry in the West may be searching for a work similar to that of Hemingway to be pleased for its publication. On the other hand, the production of a pictorial book is somehow similar to the production of a motion picture and it is usually produced by the sponsorship of a government, a state, a university, or a financially strong foundation or publishing house. This is for the first time that a pictorial series, with an academic orientation, is produced by the investment of an author (-- each volume of a pictorial book demands resources that in some other countries such resources could be used for the production of 20 to 50 books).
Finally, for those who are in search of life in other planets, this work offers illustrations of life in a corner of our planet Earth that many people in the world have not yet visited. The seventh volume of An E-odyssey To Historic Cities of Iran, therefore, invites you for an electronic journey to main features of the indigenous architecture in the historic Yazd City in a convenient way, that is by sitting in your room or your office and by having an access to the internet, and by the price of almost a cup of coffee in Terminal A or Terminal B of an airport before a $2000 to $4000 costs of a trip to Yazd City are secured.
