Organizing Urban Space Consumption Based on the Findings of Rhythmanalysis of Daily Life; Case study: Kamal-ol-Molk Square Area of Kashan

Currently, in urban studies, space has got other definition than that of geographical, Euclidean, mathematical and scientific aspects and is considered not as a mere void, physical object, depleted of any meaning, but as an identity encompassing all aspects of human existence. Power has dominated space during the process of urbanization, and the answer to this problem requires finding a creative solution that comes from the heart of society paying attention to the necessities of the context. The study area in this paper is Kamal-ol-Molk Square in the city of Kashan, which is one of the most important urban spaces in this city and has long witnessed the authoritative processes of production and reproduction of space. Groups of people, on the other hand, offer creative answers in their ways of consuming space. The purpose of this study is to explore how to use Rhythmanalysis as a way to better organize urban space consumption in order to findings lead to moderate the view of professionalism and pay attention to people's creative resistance in space consumption and their own order which voluntarily is in proportion to daily life. The research method is referring to the conceptual structure of spatial Trialectics to investigate the effect of the three components of climate-culture-power on the rhythms of conceived-perceived-lived space, based on the progressive-regressive method and including two directions, namely the vertical complexity of the space and the horizontal complexity of the space. To study the vertical complexity, we referred to the history of urban space in Kashan and used the method of documentary studies and analysis in the form of document selection, document analysis and scrutiny. In the study of horizontal complexity, different rhythms of the studied area were studied in a certain period of time and an attempt was made to study the activities of different groups of space consumers through field research (observation with simple and non-interfering method) and descriptive study method. Then, using a combined approach and alignment scheme, the results of the study of each level were integrated into a general interpretation. The findings of Rhythmanalysis in the research area showed that in contrast to the conceived space, the lived space of Kashan city is in line with climate and culture and also has several rhythms that are in conflict with each other. The power of the dominant rhythms has caused to the superiority of conceived space in relation to the lived space. The findings also show that considering the historical importance of lunar cyclic time in Kashan, one should be aware of the importance of the relationship between space and time in urban plans. In the study area, with the implementation of an authoritative plan, the connection between space and time has not been established. This, along with the historical way of consuming space, has caused the space to receive multiple rhythms of the presence of people in it, and in return, groups of people do not accept the space for their presence and occurrence of rhythms of their activities.