Conservation and Regeneration of Decorative Motifs of Urban Spaces

Urban spaces in the past were formed in an integrated and unrecorded manner of unity between architects and other related artificers. In those works، patterns of ornaments and decorations were used as quality-making and identifying elements، in addition to their climatical and structural functions. This shows special attention to the elements that affect the quality of urban spaces. Nowadays it seems that attention to quality and design features of urban spaces and architecture of urban facades have decreased. Also، the works of urban architecture and their decorations in the historical contexts have quick process of destruction. For these reasons، architecture of urban spaces has been exposed to serious threats. Recognition of concepts، qualities، motifs and cases of urban architectural decorations through theoretical discussion and analysis of field samples and finally، pathology and explanation of the necessities for the conservation of these works، are the basic objectives and main results of this paper.