غزاله حنایی

The target bridges in this s tudy were cons tructed during the Safavid era in Isfahan city and are considered as one of the mos t important components of the urban s tructure; during his tory. They have shown various functions in addition to their role as a connecting route, which has varied from individual scale to collective spaces over time. This research s tudy is trying to find out the architectural components affecting the public presence in these urban buildings, specifically in two bridges called, Allahverdi Khan (Si-o-se-pol) and Khajoo bridge in the contemporary era, to see if they would correspond the needs of today’s urban residents. To get this aim, the qualitative research approach was adopted based on an interview framework. To answer the ques tions was arranged based on three functional, physical, and s tructural aspects of these bridges, and a significant result was achieved by applying qualitative content analysis. The architectural components influencing the public presence were included eight general components and sub-components. These items were either in line with or opposite to each other, including the social functions and the contemporary space of bridges, the bridges’ cultural and physical s tructure, the shaping context of the bridges and the memorability of them, the environmental psychology and the related aes thetics aspects. According to the content analysis outcomes, a functional review of the space of these bridges in the future can lead to the qualitative improvement of architecture and space of them.