Investigating the components affecting the quality of residential space design in middle deteriorated fabricCase study: Oman Samani quarter of Isfahan

The problem of housing shortage and the increase in urban population doubles the need to pay attention to the capacities of these fabrics in providing housing to residents, not only to prevent the aggravation of bad conditions, but also to prevent the evacuation of The middle deteriorated fabrics and the relocation of their residents. The middle deteriorated fabric has been selected for studying due to its great extent in Isfahan. Through field research and interviews with experts in the field of urban management, it has become clear that today, owing to the main problem of these fabrics, which is mainly the small size of lands, in most cases, the land assembly model is used as a way to solve the housing renovation problem. The purpose of this study is to determine the most important components affecting the quality of design in residential space in the middle deteriorated fabric. For this purpose, by examining the literature, these components were extracted in three scales of residential units, complexes (blocks), neighborhoods. And finally they were weighted to clarify their position and importance by using a questionnaire and obtaining the opinions of experts in the field of architecture and urban planning. The results have shown that the neighborhood scale with the highest weight, determined the necessitate accurate knowledge of texture features prior to the planning of the housing in addition to clarify the importance of six components of access, physical continuity, diversity of use and services, proximity to compatible uses, identity and social continuity. While the density component, as the most important component among the three scales, clarified the need to pay attention to the fabric capacity at the neighborhood level to prevent the overflow of unwelcome population to the aggregated areas while preserving their old inhabitants.