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(4) Agent analysis: in agent-based analysis, virtual “people” (called agents) are released into the environment, and they make decisions on where to move within such environment.
Results The present research was conducted to examine the traditional and modern residential buildings in the city of Hamedan. Hamedan is a good case because the traditional houses in the center of the city (red parts) have maintained their physical aspects, whereas more recently built fabric (yellow parts) in the outer ring incorporates both traditional and modern buildings (Figure 1). The history of habitation in Hamedan goes back to thousands of years ago, particularly during the rule of Deioces, the first king of Medes. Developed in 1928 as the first comprehensive urban plan in Hamedan, the structure of the city is a combination of radial and ringed structures. It is composed of concentric circles that are connected by six main radial streets, which all lead to the central square. The streets divide the circles into sectors (Jafari-Bahman and Khaniyan, 2012).
Analysis On the basis of the graphical analyses obtained with the UCL Depthmap, we examined the traditional and modern houses of Hamedan in terms of the indices of connectivity, integration, and depth. A remarkable point in this comparative analysis is the difference in the analytical spectra. As shown in Tables 1 and 2, the traditional houses demonstrate a specific spectrum, whereas the modern houses do not show such spectrum (Tables 3 and 4).
Conclusion
‘Renovating the Old as Old’: the central principle of the Chinese stylistic restoration Restoration is a component of all p53 inhibitor stages of architecture; thus, all topics regarding architectural heritage conservation are rooted in restoration. However, in modern culture, the new ideologies that emerge with value rationality have made restoration a controversial topic on the value of conservation that has been debated for over 200 years. The argument between “stylistic restoration” and “anti-restoration” reached its climax from 1830 to 1880. On the one hand, “stylistic restoration” was represented by Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1897), who attempted to restore the historical image of important French churches. On the other hand, “anti-restoration” was represented by John Ruskin (1819–1900), who called for maintaining architecture in its original form and objected to any fantasy about its original style (Jokilehto, 2002; Glendinning, 2013). Research on the architectural heritage of China can be traced back to Zhi Qiqian’ establishment of the Yingzao Society in 1930. Most of these studies have adopted the academic system approach introduced by Liang Sicheng and Liu Dunzhen. As the father of modern Chinese architecture, Liang served as an architectural history instructor and became a prominent figure in the restoration and conservation of priceless monuments in China. His thoughts on architectural conservation were first published in 1986 by Chen Zhihua in the Architectural Journal article titled “A Pioneer in the Conservation of Building Relics and Historic Sites in China” (Chen, 1986b). To commemorate his 90th birthday in 1991, a research group from the Tsinghua University School of Architecture published several papers on Liang׳s ideas about ancient city conservation and urban planning. In 2001, Liang׳s approach to architectural conservation was discussed in several articles, such as Liang Sicheng׳s “Thoughts on Building Relics Conservation” (Lv, 2001) and “Historical Investigation on Liang and Chen Plan” (Wang, 2001). In addition, several overseas scholars have analyzed Liang׳s design theories from various perspectives (Lai, 2009; Li, 2012). These scholars have summarized Liang׳s ideas on architectural conservation as follows. First, Liang introduced the architectural conservation principle of “renovating the old as old” (i.e., renovating old architectural works while retaining their original style) in “A Plan for Renovating Wanshou Pavilion on Jingshan Mountain of the Imperial Palace” (Liang, 1934). He noted that “in terms of fine art, the most important principle of the conservation of relics is to retain the original exterior, so color paintings on parts not renovated should not be renewed but retained. Newly added beams, columns, rafters, purlins, sparrow braces, doors, windows and ceilings and so on should be painted and patterned following the old tradition, thus ensuring consistency with the original parts” (Liang, 1934).