Hinge spaces, another look at the gendered behaviors of space with the Iranian-Islamic approachCase Study: Urban Space around the Holy Shrines

The suitability of the urban spaces depends on the ability of them to respond on the needs of their users. Despite the fact that women make up half the city's population, does not pay attention to the design and construction of urban spaces. It is necessary is to explain the intellectual definitions of women in relation to urban spaces so that can be extracted the factors that increase the quality of women's presence in these spaces. Urban spaces around the holy shrines because of its religious nature have created a good bed for the free and secure presence of women without gender-based attitudes. This research has tried to explain the qualities of special urban spaces (the space around holy shrines) from the Perceptual-Semantic System of Women so answer the reasons for the presence of women in different spaces.For this reason, the present study uses the Qualitative research method to explain the features of particular urban spaces and the existing powers in them. Qualitative data in this study were collected using participatory observation methods and deep interviewing technique. The "grounded theory" method has been used to analyze information and present the final theory.Qualitative findings using the Grounded theory showed that the eight factors of the total observer, respect for space, hidden mental territory, fear of fault, hope for encouragement, educational dimension of space and privacy as essential powers are effective in increasing the presence of women.