Experimenting a Quantitative Method in Typomorphological Study of Urban Tissues Based on Physical Density

This research aims to experiment a quantitative method in urban form studies with a typomorphological approach. This method is originally based on physical density with its more reliable description as a measurable indicator. In this paper after the introduction and a brief look at some former quantitative approaches to urban form through the theoretical framework; and also the relationship between density and architectural-urban typomorphology, a method (or tool) called the "spacemate" is described in a rather detailed manner. As the case study of this research, some samples from the urban tissues of Tabriz metropolis were chosen to be analyzed with this method. The basic data was then collected and classified, and the results were placed and reflected on the "spacemate" in order to be analyzed at the final step. Although at the first place this tool is originally designed to be applied as a tool for studying and analyzing the urban forms in the western cities and towns, and has been examined in a limited scale, but the results of this research (which is the first of its kind in Iran) show that it is also applicable in studying many aspects of urban forms -both descriptively and anticipatively-in Iranian cities, as well as many other urban textures in other similar countries, in presence of sufficient and reliable data.