Abstract:
Statement of Problem: Apart from the structure of the city and arrangement of urban
spaces, the evolution of modern cities seems to have become a dead texture of the city, and has been separated from its systematic structure in the old cities. Obviously, the entrance of the contemporary cities cannot imitate the entrance system of the ancient cities, since if the city is defined as a system consisting of various historical, natural, environmental, cultural, economic, etc. layers, it will be found that the entrance of this city cannot be defined apart from its structural layers. The entrance recovers its identity in association with the structural layers of the city in the systematic structure of the current cities. This association requires identification of the entrance capabilities and its effect on urban spaces. Objective: Investigation of the entrance of the contemporary cities is necessary in order to achieve the nature of the entrance as a perspective location, its essence and realization of its identity for redefining its concept in modern urbanization1. The entrance of the city as part of a whole needs redefining the entrance position in the city system. In that light, the present study’s aim is to attempt to explain the perceived indicative parameters of modern cities.
Research Methodology: The present research is a descriptive-analytic study, in which, library has been
used as the data collection tool. Believing in the city’s layered mechanism, this study has investigated
the concept of the city entrance as a perspective location, and has ultimately provided the indicators
of the entrance of contemporary cities.
Conclusion: The entrance is a window for perception of the city’s landscape and is an element to create
an independent identity for the city landscape. Entrance perception requires regarding the semantic
dimension of presence along the physical side. The city entrance as an indicator, apart from its
physical identity, lies more in its semantic identification, as the entrance of the city does not have an
identity independent of the city, rather the entrance is an element for creating an independent identity
for the city landscape. The entrance is the dense modern perspective of a city, which is the today’s
statement of the city. With this definition, entrance is not a joint, as the joint is an independent identity
regardless of outside and inside. However, the entrance is not an independent identity; rather, it is a
combination of identities.
Machine summary:
"Factors such as sequencing of the movement and the proper arrangement of uses on the path leading to the physical dimension of the city entrance, addressing the city’s signs, conversion of movement to pause, and reinforcing the collective spirit at the physical entry enhances the presence in the city in the development of perceptual indicators of the city entrance (Fig. 3); as the continuity of the hierarchical presence in urbanization is fully evident in the pillars of the traditional Iranian architecture (Fig. 4).
Giving meaning to the landscapes and strengthening the memorable spirit in space at the physical entry point is a factor in strengthening the presence in the city to develop the perception indicators of the city entrance.
– Functional dimensions: The effectiveness of the entrance of contemporary cities in the quality of the city to city connection lies in its physical dimension, which has been defined in the structural layers of the city in the level of effective connection of the entrance with the urban spaces located on the edge of the city, although the interaction of the entrance with natural elements outside the city cannot be neglected.
In this definition, the criteria for entering the city as a landscape space can be summarized in the three main factors of the urban landscape assessment, including efficiency, aesthetics and identity based on the interactive entrance characteristics in the context of the design and in accordance with the hierarchy of presence in the city."