Contemporary Architectural Heritage and Industrial Identity in Historic Districts, Case Study: Dezful

Industrial heritage as a relatively recent phenomenon is the production of mid-20th century. The industrial heritage represents the culture¡ historical situation¡ processes¡ technologies and outstanding achievements of each region. Based on the value of contemporary architecture¡ It is necessary to protect them. Nowadays¡ the protection of industrial heritage has become an international challenge. One of the prerequisites of the protection of industrial heritage is recognizing their value and their position. Proper protection of industrial heritage needs to study and deep understanding it in a large- scale and recognition of the value of the heritage for conservation process¡ in a regional scale. However¡ these kind of buildings¡ due to the large-scale¡ locating in the proper point of the city¡ flexible plans (due to the modular structure) etc. have a great ability to transform into various functions¡ specially public and urban services. One of the most important values that can be imagined for industrial heritage¡ is architectural identity of the region. Therefore¡ it is necessary to understand the effect of this types of structures through survey survey. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of the industrial heritage on architectural identity in historic cities. The case study was selected by purpose - Dezful & “The MAKINEH of Flour” of Dezful¡ which now has become the mainstream of bazaar. The variable which is used in order to define local identity¡ is using this element in address¡ which the residents giving to someone else to mention the accurate location of specific place¡ near the “MAKINEH”. The statistical population are selected from among people who lives in eastern sahrabedar mahallah. The results of the paper shows that the industrial heritage has the value of architectural and urban identity in local level. The results indicate significance of comprehensive approach toward reunderstanding and redevelopment of contemporary buildings and industrial heritage sites.