The Effects of Preserving Modern Heritage on Urban Mindscape

Each city, in addition to its natural and objective perspective, includes another point of view which named Mindscape that is based on the general view of the city. Urban Mindscape is the result of the combination of the landscape of the city and the visual and cultural perceptions of the inhabitants. A city, as a social context, is always dynamic. The entrance of Modernity into the history of the cities makes them have a new identity. Preservation of modern heritage is necessary due to enhancing the quality of memories for the next generations. Damavand Mountain is one of the most outstanding natural elements of Iran. Besides its inherent striking characteristics, it has some intangible values. A mixture of these natural and cultural Landscapes of this dormant volcano through centuries has inspired sanctity, myths, and folk beliefs of the area throughout history. Rineh Garrison is in the nearest city to the Damavand peak and on the primary route of reaching it. The history of this military heritage structure goes back to the 1st era of Pahlavi with the influence of aggressive behavior such as high speed of construction, order, and integrity. This garrison has been entirely deserted since 2006 and has lost its functionality since then. Therefore, this paper as a kind of qualitative strategy and measures seeks to investigate the importance of preserving Rineh garrison as a modern heritage with an approach to safeguard the memories of its military heritage values by re-use it into the base-camp for Damavand Mountain

کلیدواژه ها:

Modern Heritage ، Preservation ، Adaptive Re-use ، Urban Identity ، Urban Mindscape ، Military Heritage