The Impact of Lifestyle on the Separation of Public Areas from Private Areas Used by Women in Qajar Aristocratic Homes in Mazandaran

The social, cultural, and to some extent the economic identity of individuals in society is determined by gender. And many factors such as cultural beliefs, family structure, values, etc. play a decisive role in determining this identity. From the researchers' point of view, lifestyle is categorized into three general social, economic, and cultural components. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of lifestyle of aristocratic people of architecture in the Qajar period on the spatial relationships of the houses where they live in the division of public areas from private areas used by women. Research resources are based on field and library studies. These resources are available in two categories: documentary and oral. And after examining the spatial arrangement of the selected houses, by drawing the diagrams by the space syntax software, they are analyzed. And the result is that the number of private spaces and how they are located is directly related to the lifestyle and structure of the family and the number of women living in the house. And the number of private women's fields and the number of separating intermediate elements in each period of Qajar is different from other periods.