Expression of Motion Concept in Contemporary Architecture of Iran

Motion is one of the fundamental concepts in the Islamic- Iranian architecture which Iranian architects have tried to use it since long time ago. The emergence of new trends in architecture has caused attention towards motion in contemporary architecture to be continued. This article [taken from a research under the same title] aims to reconsider the physical and spiritual characteristics of motion concept in traditional architecture and Iranian ideas، and to explain the quality of its expression in the Iranian contemporary architecture. The key question in this research is: What are the characteristics of motion in the Iranian traditional architecture? In addition، how is the expression of motion in the Iranian contemporary architecture? To respond to these questions، the method of case study while using combined approaches has been employed and for the purpose of data collection، the library and field methods have been employed. Twenty cases from the Iranian contemporary architecture works are selected، the works which are of importance both for the quality of design in the group of noticeable works in contemporary architecture and that the concept of motion has formed their main design idea. The result is that the motion is identifiable in two frameworks of physical and spiritual motion in the Iranian traditional architecture. The physical motion can be analyzed with criteria like movement in space and creation of motion in the eyes and spiritual motion with have influences on spectator’s feelings. These concepts are observable as design criteria in the analyzed works and a kind of continuity is seen between their physical and spiritual concepts of motion.