Visual Order in Iranian Traditional Urban Planning Case study: Tabriz Baazar

Iranian past architecture and urban planning, because of its creativity and sustainable features, has a specific location, but in contemporary age, due to various factors, especially following western industrialized features, separated from its origins and sometimes has been declined.New methods, by neglecting the past and without considering traditional ideas, have changed national and cultural features of the country. Spiritual principles of Iranian traditional urban planning have originated from its ideas and culture. Order as a spiritual principle, represented clearly in Iranian traditional urban planning, so it can be a strong base for the continuity of this rich culture. Baazar, as one of the important spaces in Iranian traditional cities, reflects clearly the principle of order. In this paper, based on library studies, by representing a clear meaning of order and studying this principle in the structure of Baazar as an important and basic structure of traditional cities, the necessity of reviewing the principles of traditional cities, especially their application in contemporary urban planning, has been emphasized. This paper, by emphasizing on the Bazaar, focused on the concept of order. The aim of this paper is recognition some parts of traditional principles to meet the needs of modern urban spaces. This paper represents a clear conceptual meaning of order, as an important factor in the formation of traditional cities, related concepts, effective factors and origins of its formation in Iranian traditional cities. This paper put emphasis on the use of the principle of order in urban planning for the promotion of the quality of modern urban spaces.