Comparative study of the meaning of the urban house of the two periods ofQajar and Pahlavi of Hamadan by the method of layered semiotics

In recent decades, the concepts and ideas of human sciences have been closely related to art and architecture; So that this relationship has led to the production of new forms, spaces and readings of architecture. This relationship occurs both as a common chapter between architecture and human sciences. On the other hand, with the importance of finding language in postmodern theories, architecture has been seen as a text. A text that conveys a set of values, thoughts and traditions along with it and has a language behind its curtain that talks to the audience and the audience tries to read its meaning and interpretation. Semiotics, as one of the methods of text analysis, seeks to analyze texts in terms of structured wholes and focuse on the system of rules that govern the discourses involved in texts and emphasizes the role of semiotic context in the formation of meaning. Each and every detail in traditional Iranian houses had its meaning and concept for users, which has made it valuable.

This study examines the meaning of home from the perspective of social sciences that pays more attention to the cultural and social aspects of the home. In this approach, one of its methods is the semiotic method. Semiotics in the field of architecture is the acquisition and recognition of meanings beyond the functional implication of architecture, and attention is paid to the communicative nature of architecture, which is rooted in social-cultural relations. The foundations of semiotic knowledge, which is based on meaning and interpretation, can be a platform for understanding the relationship between how the semantic and structural components of the architectural space are perceived. Since semiotics is related to the basics of deciphering meanings, the role of the interpreter is important in understanding these concepts.

This study is to investigate the effective components in creating meaning in a traditional urban house and to develop a conceptual model for proper reading of the text of the house by layered semiotics so that its layers are identified and the objective appearance of the signals network is determined in an interactive context.

The research shows that the house is a text that consists of several layers of meaning and systems involved in creating a work of support and create a systematic whole called the house