Abstract:
Architecture and urbanism of a community represent the identity of a community, and urban neighborhoods are area for emergence of thisidentity, so designing and creating neighborhoods with Islamic identity intowns can reflect culture, urbanization and thus the identity of that town and society. Therefore, with respectto rich Islamic culture in our country and the necessity of paying attention to it in neighborhood designing,this research is conducted to present Islamic components based on present situations to improve Islamicidentity in new neighborhoods. The research method was descriptive – analytical in nature with practicalaim. Islamic components were collectedby using documentary and library sources from sayings of Imams,and were divided into 6 main groups. The obtained components were updated based on general principlesof urbanism regulations, and then were studied in West Emamieh neighborhood of Mashhad city. AutoCad and GIS software was used for studyingand analyzing the Islamic components in the studied areas.The results showed that the majority of the presented components (except for mosque-based neighborhood
designing) have been considered in designing this neighborhood. Since Islamic identity in neighborhoodsof Islamic cities is linked to religious land use (mosque), designing new neighborhoods based on this landuse must be given more attention.
Machine summary:
"1 The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism Mohammad rahim Rahnama, Mahdi Vafaei, Reza Samadi / Bagh- e Nazar, 13 (41):51-62 Introduction In Islamic countries, Islamic city is a collection of uniform neighborhoods that are aggregated in a specified location based on relationships, proportions, ethnic, religious, professional or territorial affiliations, and has kept its identity and originality for years in the same way (Mohammedi, et al, 2012: 28).
The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism 55 Mohammad rahim Rahnama, Mahdi Vafaei, Reza Samadi / Bagh- e Nazar, 13 (41):51-62 Considering the above-mentioned points, it is concluded that the main land uses suggested byIslam at neighborhood level are residential, religious (the basis forcreation ofeach neighborhood is based on this land use such as mosques, worships and Takaya), educational (such as nurseries and schools), commercial (businesses that are required to meet the daily needs such as bakeries, the butchers, fruit shops, etc.
Therefore, due to the existing vacuum in this regard and also taking a step for strengthening Islamic identity of the neighborhoods, the present research is aimed at gathering different data about different ways of construction The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism 59 Mohammad rahim Rahnama, Mahdi Vafaei, Reza Samadi / Bagh- e Nazar, 13 (41):51-62 as well as laws that must be considered in designing and constructing of new neighborhoodsfrom Islamic view."