جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "thematic analysis" در نشریات گروه "هنر و معماری"

Urban resilience, a prominent theory in the realm of urban planning, plays a significant role in bridging the gap between theory and practice in this field. Numerous scholars of urban planning have investigated resilience in their studies and they are exploring its meaning to be used in planning operations and in governance institutions. This surge of attention to the study of new concepts by planners has led to innovation, and finally, their tendency to improve the current conditions in cities. In this study, among the possible natural disasters in Karaj, the flood is chosen because of its importance and the considerable attention to it. It should be noted that the threat of flooding in Karaj deserves due attention because this city is located near the Karaj River and dam, and there is a possibility of river overflow and inundation, which could cause huge damages to urban facilities. In addition, any danger related to the Karaj River and dam could affect the water supply to Tehran, making this disaster more important. Therefore, it is essential to identify and extract the dimensions and elements of urban resilience, and a research in this field requires deep investigation. In this regard, this study seeks to identify the elements and dimensions of urban resilience against flood in Karaj city using theme analysis approach and quantitative evaluation by Structural Equations Modeling (SEM) method. This study is an applied research in terms of purpose, and a mixed methods research that conducted content analysis on the qualitative data collected by systematic review. This study used a Structural Equations Modeling (SEM) method in quantitative research with factor analysis approach. The population of qualitative research consisted of 161 national and international papers published in reliable scientific journals from 2002 to 2022, which included the keywords of ‘Urban Resilience’ and ‘Urban Resilience against Flood’. These papers were selected as samples by a judgmental sampling and were analyzed to get a general idea of effective dimensions and elements of urban resilience to flood in Karaj city. For this purpose, qualitative research, and in particular, content analysis was conducted. In addition, the population of quantitative research included senior and middle managers, operating officers of urban planning who worked in the ministry of road and urban development, faculty members and academicians, experts, practitioners and employees of research centers, as well as PhD students of urban planning field. Of which 400 were selected as sample by convenience sampling method, using the Krejcie and Morgan table. The instruments of collecting data in qualitative research were a checklist, and in quantitative research, a researcher-made questionnaire whose reliability was estimated at 0.844 based on the Cronbach’s alpha. The questionnaire included 60 items that were organized in a five-point Likert scale. In order to evaluate validity and reliability, the questionnaire was sent to the elites and the final version was designed after confirming the content validity index and ratio. The electronic link of the questionnaire was sent to the sample group, who completed and returned it via internet. For data analysis, MASQDA 13.28 and Smart PLS 3.2 were used. Goodness of fit (GOF=0.818) showed that the model fitted well with data. The results confirmed presence of social (β=0.925), economic (β=0.731), institutional/organizational (β=0.863), physical/structural (β=0.797), infrastructure/physical (β=0.946) and environmental (β=0.611) dimensions and their elements in the model of urban resilience to flood (P<0.01). Moreover, the results suggest that infrastructure/physical dimension has the most effect on urban resilience to flood and the elements and sub-elements of this significant dimension are provided in this study. It should be noted that the outputs of coding process need much attention, as they lead to the extraction of initial concepts. One of these concepts is ‘Increased urban capacities’ which was missed completely in the literature of urban resilience despite the considerable attention to this concept in engineering sciences such as civil and mechanical engineering. In fact, the researchers of this study believe that this concept involves some elements that imply that a city can cope with a natural or man-made disaster, if it is organized by elements of urban resilience. In other words, if the city maintains its function during the disaster, it can achieve a state that is better than the conditions of before the disaster.

The COVID-19 home confinement orders disrupted the traditional balance of residential use, as dwellings that were previously occupied for limited hours had to accommodate a broader range of daily activities. This shift exposed incompatibilities within traditional residential dynamics. This study aims to explore these dynamics and contribute to the development of residential adaptability in similar future scenarios.

Given the extended study period on residential living during home confinement and the need for an inductive approach grounded in residents' lived experiences, this study adopted a qualitative methodology. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with a homogeneous sample of 14 architects and specialists active during the confinement phases. Thematic analysis was conducted using MAXQDA software, involving open and axial coding to identify key themes. To ensure reliability, content validity was assessed through an analytical hierarchy process (AHP), which confirmed and prioritized the qualitative themes in alignment with the research objectives.

Residents' adaptation mechanisms during home confinement were driven by two primary objectives "preventing the spread of disease" (preventive) and "facilitating habitation" (facilitative). The preventive category includes "spatial hierarchy need," "spatial layout and circulation reconfiguration," and "increased significance of service areas," with "spatial hierarchy need" being the most prominent, referenced in 61% of the initial qualitative data and holding 49% relative importance in post-pandemic analysis. The facilitative category comprises six groups: "replacing the city within the home," "humanizing the dwelling," "need for expansive open spaces," "technology utilization," "sensitivity to details," and "flexibility need." Among these, "flexibility need" emerged as the most critical, with a 26% frequency in the data and over 32% relative importance in subsequent analysis, followed by the "need for expansive open spaces," which had a 25.5% frequency and about 29% relative importance.

The study's narrative is divided into two categories: preventive and facilitative. The preventive mechanism reveals a behavioral-spatial pattern encompassing three key themes: establishing a "hygienic hierarchy," "improving spatial layout and circulation," and implementing "cleaning and containment" measures to block contamination. The facilitative mechanism includes themes such as "replacing the city within the home," "humanizing the dwelling," and "sensitivity to details," which sequentially led to an increased "need for expansive open spaces" and "greater flexibility." Additionally, the growing use of "technology" helped mitigate the limitations of the home in terms of flexibility and space.

From the first housing program, housing quality was controversial among politicians, programmers, and investors. While the challenge of quality was addressed at the time, the housing industry failed to provide satisfactory solutions for the ever-growing demand for quality. In Iran, we face a great gap between house buyers’ expectations and the options available in the market. However, research and practice fail to alleviate the problem. Recent research shows that investigating housing challenges in distinct disciplines, approaches, and methods results in limitations and deficiency of our efforts in addressing them. All individuals, institutions, and organizations should work in harmony to tackle issues like affordability and quality and achieve favorable results. Studies and interventions with local or small scope concentration will receive confrontation from other parts of the industry which attenuates the results. In this regard, this research addresses the private sector of the housing industry as it is responsible for delivering over 90% of the housing stock in Iran. The active individuals and institutions were identified, classified into three groups (i.e., designers, builders, and marketers), and modelled as a cyclic loop. A consortium was proposed to be established with the cooperation of all the institutions to make strategic decisions in a collective space. By considering the proposed framework as an effective way to overcome housing quality challenges, this research studies the barriers to cooperation and the solutions to them. We used reflective thematic analysis with a constructivist approach. The snowball sampling method was used to identify the institutions that have an impact on the housing quality in Mazandaran. All the key decision-makers in the institutions participated in the study. In sum, 23 participants were interviewed. The interviews went through three phases of coding and the themes were developed. Findings show closed communication channels were the main barrier to cooperation between the institutions. Having distinct purposes, lack of commitment to the group, distrust, lack of motivation, and denial of responsibility were the main reasons which led to the closure of the communication channels. Although there is a complex network of background situations responsible for each of the main themes stated, the mixture of governmental, private, and semi-private institutions in the housing industry, the mechanisms of the housing market, and the judicial procedures of the housing industry are the main predictors of the current behavior of the institutions. In addition, the findings show that the institutions working as builders are more inclined to work for housing quality than those working as designers and marketers. The sole solution for these barriers was found to be the enforcement of a law that can provide incentives for cooperation, punishment for misconduct, and standards for good actions. All the identified barriers are social in nature and can be mitigated by improving social skills. This research used a qualitative method, resulting in detailed and interpretive findings from a small sample size. We propose future research to address the issue using quantitative methods, building upon the current results in a wider context to enhance the generalizability of the findings.

The lack of agreement among experts on the substantive and procedural approach of urban design on the one hand and the growing trend of theoretical studies in the direction of clarifying identical positions on the other hand, shows the necessity of examining contemporary theories in a multi-dimensional continuum. This research aims to verify what are the important contemporary areas of urban design, with the question of whether a kind of thematic alignment can be recognized in terms of theoretical concepts? 43 theoretical articles screened out of a total of 717 articles published in the period from 2000 to 2022 in the urban design magazine and identify 6 topics and 26 tendencies, including: goal with tendencies 1- human-community, 2- space-place, 3- geography- domain 4- Time, scope of intervention with trends 1- texture, 2- public realm, 3- physical levels and public and private areas, 4- infrastructures, 5- social interactions, users and space management, scale with trends 1- detail, 2- Personal building and block, 3- Neighborhood, 4- Urban spaces, region and city, 5- Infrastructure and structure, 6- Region, urban system, urban suburbs, and 7- The world, a product with trends 1- Rule - law, 2- modeling and 3-dimensional, 3- strategy and policy, and 4- program and report, process and method with trends 1- comprehensive and mass-oriented, 2- dynamic and permanent, and 3- mixed and decision-making with trends 1 - Scientific experts, 2- Politicians and capitalists, and 3- Public-private partnership and beneficiaries and influencers.

Graduate theses have consistently held paramount significance as pivotal reference sources within academic and scientific spheres. This article adopts the methodology of thematic analysis to delve comprehensively into 215 Master's theses encompassing the domain of Music Composition. These theses were conducted during the period spanning from 2011 to 2021 in two Iranian state universities: the Faculty of Music at the University of Art and the Department of Music, Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran. This research aims to address the following questions: 1) In what thematic categories are the theses in the field of composition classified? 2) Which types of research methodology have been utilized in this field? 3) What are the most and least researched topics in the field of Music Composition? and 4) Which keywords have been predominantly employed in the theses? Similar prior research has critically analyzed thematic content in theses and articles within Iranian universities, primarily focusing on humanities, arts, and engineering sciences. The required information for the present study including titles, abstracts, and keywords, has been collected through a library-based approach. Using a descriptive-analytical method and based on the content of the theses, thematic categorization and methodology classification have been undertaken. By examining titles, abstracts, and content analysis, the theses have been categorized into six main groups, which are as follows: "Analysis of Compositional Works", "Interdisciplinary Studies", "Musicology", "Composition Sciences", "Music Pedagogy", and " Miscellaneous Topics”. The outcomes of the analysis indicate that topics such as "Analysis of Compositional Works" and "Historical and Comparative Music Studies" have garnered the most attention. On the other hand, subjects like " Interdisciplinary Studies in Sociology and Music" and "Interdisciplinary Studies in Fine Arts and Music" encompass the least represented titles. Thesis research methods leading to five categorized methods Descriptive, Historical, Experimental, Casual Comparative and Correlation. The descriptive method was the most commonly used. Keywords such as "Harmony" and "Form" are prominently repeated over 20 times, indicating that harmonic and formal analysis are of particular interest to students in the field of music composition research topics.

The intricate relationship between individuals and their surroundings is a dynamic interplay of positive and negative factors that either foster or hinder attachment to a place. This study delves into the multifaceted nature of place attachment in the coastal city of Bandar-Anzali, seeking to establish a nuanced understanding of the factors at play.

Theoretical Framework:

The concept of "place" extends beyond physical spaces to encompass the meaningful connections people form through experiences and ideas. While spatial identity, attachment, and dependence are frequently discussed, there lacks a comprehensive exploration of the myriad factors influencing them across diverse places and geographical scales. This research bridges this gap by creating an extensive list of factors affecting place attachment.

Employing a qualitative-quantitative combined approach, this study utilized thematic analysis to scrutinize interview texts. The sample size, determined by theoretical saturation, involved 89 interviews conducted through purposive sampling. Participants were asked to provide photos of places to which they felt attached, forming the basis for individual in-depth interviews. Four key questions explored the detailed description of the place, the reasons for attachment, motivations for returning or not, and factors strengthening or weakening attachment. Thematic analysis was independently conducted by researchers, resulting in 23 positive and 7 negative factors.

The research identified 23 positive factors, including memories, similarity, positive feelings, security, balance of city and nature, connection with nature, sensory richness, and aesthetic considerations. Negative factors encompassed environmental damage, economic stagnation, inefficiency of urban management, loneliness, societal ignorance, neglect of cultural activities, and negative emotions. Recreational spaces, homes, neighborhoods, commercial places, object spaces, cultural-educational-administrative uses, and social places emerged as the most frequented locations. Aesthetic factors, memories, and positive emotions wielded the most positive influence, while inefficiency of urban management, negative emotions, and economic stagnation exerted the strongest negative impact on place attachment.

This research identifies key factors influencing attachment to a place. Aesthetic elements, memories, and positive emotions positively impact attachment, while urban mismanagement, negative emotions, and economic stagnation have a negative influence. Recreational spaces, homes, and neighborhoods are the most frequented places. Aesthetic considerations are particularly emphasized in images of recreational and commercial spaces. Social places highlight memories, positive emotions, aesthetics, and age as significant factors. The inefficiency of urban management is evident in images from urban neighborhoods, while symbols of Bandar Anzali city dominate urban space photos. Ambient spaces, such as multi-story houses and seaside paths, are the most common settings, with aesthetics holding the highest frequency in environmental spaces. Despite increasing interest in place attachment, the study reveals a need for further exploration of these factors. This research serves as a foundational step for future investigations in this area.

Ethics is related to choice and practical judgment. Since the nature of urban planning is related to the pursuit of community interests through determining appropriate actions for the future during successive choices in complex settings and uncertain conditions, it can be said that ethical considerations are an inseparable part of it and it is inevitable to integrate the philosophy of ethics with the thoughts and professional efforts of planning. In general, addressing the ethical questions of "do's and don'ts" and examining "the nature and meaning of moral values" in planning is always urgent and necessary but challenges raised in the contemporary era, the emphasis of new theoretical positions on attention to contextual differences and conflicts in perceptions and interpretations of values and ethical principles of planning, and ultimately the dispersion and reduction of attention to the area of planning ethics in the recent decades, the necessity of reviewing and rethinking the content of research published in this area has become more prominent. The current research aims to present a comprehensive view of ethics in planning by identifying dominant themes in the literature, specifying existing research gaps, and of course introducing new paths to complete the various dimensions of planning ethics. With answering to the questions like: what are the main priorities of researchers regarding ethics in urban planning? Which subjects and issues have been neglected in the existing researches and what perspectives can be suggested for future researches in this area? This research provides a general view of ethics in planning and its changes over time.

This research is a systematic investigation of a specific subject to improve or expand knowledge, it is considered basic research that has been conducted with a qualitative approach (thematic analysis). Table 1. Methodological design in this research General stages Descriptions Outputs Review strategy Explaining the qualitative systematic review using thematic analysis The review plan  Data collection Identifying key concepts and searching for primary sources Finding 224 sources as articles, dissertations, book chapters 110 researches enter the analysis stage as a final data set. Refinement and selection of the most relevant studies Analyzing and synthesizing the dataset Descriptive analysis of research Temporal and geographical distribution and researches focus area Content analysis in five steps: Reading the full text of documents in the dataset; Selecting textual codes; Extracting basic themes; Synthesizing the basic themes and creating organizing themes; Grouping the organizing themes and generating the global themes.identifying three global themes: integration of ethical theories with planning theory, ethics in the realm of professional practice, and ethical considerations in the Academic realm. introducing potential paths for future research.

By analyzing the final data set, we have identified three global themes: integration of ethical theories with planning theory, ethics in the realm of professional practice, and ethical considerations in the academic realm.Research under the First global theme, integrating ethical theories with planning theory is qualitative and discusses the nature and role of planning based on ethical philosophy. With an extroverted approach, these works focus on normative ethical theories and seek to explain the most basic criteria of rightness and wrongness and do and don'ts in planning. Second global them, ethics in the realm of professional practice is focused on the ethical dimensions and aspects of the planning practice including Ethical attitudes of planners, the complexities of decision-making and ethical judgment in the planning process, ethics in planning techniques, and the direct application of ethical theories in practice. Research under the third global theme, ethics, and ethical considerations in the academic realm of planning is focused on teaching ethics in planning and ethics in planning research.

According to the investigations of the present research, the research focused on ethics in planning has been scattered and separated over time and their balance has decreased in different layers (Figure 5). In the 1990s, most of the themes receivedthe attention of researchers, but since the beginning of the 21st century, we have seen a decline in direct attention to this research field at various levels. Of course, a series of themes such as extracting the values of planners, investigating the nature and content of professional codes, and teaching ethics in planning have always been welcomed by researchers. The continuation of attention to these themes shows things like learning from action, determining ethical frameworks through a bottom-up process, and extracting the inner values of planning have always been emphasized by researchers. . Also, the flow of research in the last two decades shows that the context of planning and the importance and impact of contextual differences in the selection, interpretation, and teaching of ethical concepts and ideas have become more prominent.

A general review of the planning ethics literature shows that the concerns related to the ethics and values of planning are largely dominated by normative concerns. The researchers of this field, instead of exploring more deeply the "nature and meaning of ethical values and principles" (meta-ethical field) and how to identify the appropriate solution in each specific situation, focus on the normative Deontological frameworks derived from Western contexts, which put forth universal normative principles and procedures without considering the impact of context and culture on knowledge and behavior.

The paradigm is used in philosophical and conceptual assumptions to accurately identify research positions, which defines a set of researcher's worldviews and beliefs and is consistent with meanings such as cultural thought pattern and framework. The importance of the paradigm in research is like a logical pillar that contains the research framework and supports the intellectual dimensions and design of the researcher's research to the end of the road. This research will analyze the main pillars of the paradigm in four dimensions: epistemology, ontology, methodology and originality, while similar studies use the three dimensions of the paradigm pillars. they do, , While similar studies use the three dimensions of the pillars of the paradigm, also in the subset of the main positions to the types of paradigms, which are: positivism, post-positivism, critical, interpretive. , Feminism, Post modern Chaos Theory, Pragmatism. This paper tries to introduce the paradigms in various qualitative and quantitative researches, to generalize the term paradigm in the field of art, and also to explain the paradigms that are most used in the field of art and have the best results. This research is a qualitative research in which the research work is applied-theoretical and its research method is thematic analysis.This paper tries to generalize the word paradigm about art as well. Art is an integral element of human existence that steps on the path of exaltation of human existence. It is a reflection in the imagination of the artist that leads to the creation of beauty with the power of knowledge. Art is a report and translation of the artist's soul and an invitation to happiness. In fact, it is pleasure and salvation that is objectified and is a kind of intuition of God in the emergence of beauty, so the paradigm used in art in addition to conventional paradigms in other qualitative research And a little, it must also dominate the artistic, psychological and metaphysical aspects. Also, data collection has been done by documentary method. The results of this research are the birth of a new paradigm about art and also the introduction of a short and practical model in various researches.

Urban resilience is an approach, developed to respond to different unpredictable disasters. It is hypothesized that besides capacity, resistance and ability, there are other elements involved in urban resilience that have to be extracted. It seeks to develop a conceptual framework for urban resilience and to present its characteristics through a systematic review of the updated publications. Second, it proposes an inclusive definition of urban resilience, relying on the results of this study, finally, the qualitative data are reviewed to shed light on hidden aspects of urban resilience. This is a qualitative research in which thematic analysis, MAXQDA 13.28 software is used to understand and analyze the data. A collection of 100 publications containing definition of resilience was gathered as data, based on which six characteristics for conceptual framework of urban resilience were extracted as R1 to R6. The extracted results, were confirmed by expert panel and also the keywords were used in CiteSpace software to confirm their inclusion in 1250 published papers in the international journals under WOS index over the period of 2010 to 2020 (i.e. the papers which had ‘urban resilience’ and ‘urban resiliency’ phrases in their topics) and the results were supported. The authors define: “urban resilience is ability of cities to respond in timely manner and to resist during occurring natural or man-made disasters; while adapting and coordinating with new situations, in case of not being collapsed, they will continue their urban functions stronger than the past.”

In recent years, the wave of economic sanctions has overshadowed Iranchr('39')s economy with the aim of reducing the financial power, national welfare and disbelief, and a new confrontation has opened up on the Iranian economy. With respect to special importance and role of carpet weaving and its place in the countrychr('39')s economy, identifying and studying the recent problems of hand-made carpet weavers along with economic sanction is essential. The purpose of this research is to formulate and validate a conceptual framework via thematic analysis through descriptive in-depth semi-structured interviews. The statistical population includes carpet weavers in Arbatan city in East Azarbaijan province, among whom 20 carpet weavers were selected by purposeful sampling and participated in this study. The findings show that the challenges in four main themes include individual challenges, production and sales challenges and administrators challenges and 33 sub-themes. Finally, according to the results of the research, suggestions have been made like the development of low-cost supportive financial facilities, systematization and organization of in-country raw material processing mechanisms and appropriate advertising in global markets to solve carpet weaving problems.

Problem statement:

 There are many evidences which show that the relationship between Tehran City and the Alborz mountain ranges is not favorable. Evidences also indicate that the city of Tehran and its people cannot benefit well from blessings and capacities of the northern mountains. Studies on the relationship between Tehran City and Alborz also show that residents of Tehran have become indifferent to Alborz Mountains. The authors of the present study argue that in difference of inhabitants of Tehran to the surrounding mountains has not happened all at once. With the loss of the mountain’s functions over time, this very important natural element has been diminished in the minds of people. Considering multidimensionality of the issue, one of the ways to examine this subject is examining it from the viewpoint of experts.

This study sought to explain the reasons for this undesirable relationship through the lens of experts. In this study, thematic analysis method was used to analyze the results obtained from semi-structured interviews with an exploratory approach with experts.

According to hierarchical classification of results, four main theme emerged:(a) the reduction of mental and semantic status of the mountain; (b) incorrect understanding of the mountain and its capacities; (c) objective and physical approach to the mountain; and (d) cultural issues; also the eleven sub-themes were (a) advent of religion; (b) advent of technology; (c) advent of modernity; (d) planning system; (e) partial and merely environmental view of the mountain; (f) economic approaches; (g) mountain accessibility; (h) changes in people’s lifestyle; (i) changes in epistemological model of people; (j) people’s common beliefs; and (k) reduction of people’s belonging, which fall under the main themes.

Thematic analysis has been used as a qualitative method for data analysis in various fields, especially psychology, behavioral sciences, health, and sociology. However, this approach, which emphasizes the content of the text, and views language as a direct and transparent path to meaning, has been less applied in the field of architecture and urban planning. Thematic analysis is a flexible theoretical approach, easy to learn, able to summarize data, and so on. Hence, it can be applied to a wide range of qualitative environmental studies, particularly to understand the users’ perception of the environment, which shapes their relationship with the environment, by classifying the meaning patterns within the data set. Using this approach allows provide an in-depth description of the data, and to highlight the similarities and differences between the data, thereby enabling the creation of rich and complex data. The present study introduces the thematic analysis as a flexible method, through a sample study undertook this method, and describes its six steps, including familiarizing with data, assigning preliminary code, searching for themes, reviewing themes, defining and naming themes, and finally, producing a report. It explains how the thematic analysis is used in built-environment studies. The study presented as a sample attempts to identify the meaning experienced by people in the architectural space. It strives to answer the following question, "What aspects of meaning are perceived when moving through a built environment?" The aim was to focus on the influence of physical properties on the users’ experiences of the environment to obtain useful findings for architects and environment designers. To identify the widest possible range of capabilities for movement and the possible experiences obtained with them, an interview was designed using “phenomenological ethnography” approach, in which students and staff of an academic campus were asked to respond to the questions of a deep, qualitative interview ‎when moving on their daily paths in the campus. Each participant was asked to move, along with the interviewer, on his/her daily main paths, express his/her thoughts and feelings about the path. Each interviewee were also asked to take photos of the phenomena affecting route selection, and explain why and how they affect. The thematic analysis of the interview content reveals eight meanings of efficiency, convenience, legibility, sense of belonging, agency, invitingness, attraction, and beauty, which can be summarized under 3 themes of physical comfort, involvement, and making sense (being apprehensible). These themes explain the main meanings experienced by people during movement between and within buildings. The findings show that some of the physical properties of the path clearly lead to the experience of certain meanings. Based on these findings, users experience efficiency in short, direct, and simple paths with minimum barriers. Paths with multiple accesses and amenities provide more convenience. Distinct paths with clear boundaries and adequate signs are easier to remember. All of these properties of a path provide an experience of physical comfort for those who move through the environment. The findings, on the other hand, suggest that navigable paths, containing reference points can be easily understood and remembered, and therefore, affored legibility. Other properties of the path that make it private, familiar and friendly, or make people feel more comfortable in it, allow for a sense of belonging. Together, these qualities of legibility, familiarity, friendliness, and the like enhance making sense of the environment for users. Finally, according to other part of findings, individuals can engage and involve in environments (identifying themselves as part of environments) where they, in addition to feeling more sense of invitation, experience agency that results from a greater sense of control over the environment through visual access and so forth. Crossing paths that have pleasing aesthetical qualities, and arouses individuals’ positive emotions, yield similar results and increase the involvement in the environment. These results can be used to design environments that are more favorable to users, and could help to create the desired architectural spaces for them by considering the attributes that provide physical comfort, the qualities through which individuals make sense of their settings, and those that more strongly attract and involve users with their built environments. Moreover, the process of thematic analysis, introduced in this article, can be applied for analyzing contents in similar qualitative research in the field.

One of the most important problems in mosques designing is the quality of geometries and spaces which are appropriate for using in these religious buildings. It is obvious that one of the best references for studying this issue is Islamic teachings which are derived from verses and hadith. So, for responding to this question that what are the geometries and spaces which are appropriate for using in contemporary Tehran mosques, all religious texts such as holy Quran and Shia Imams remarks have been investigated. To achieve to the purposes of this research, thematic analysis method has been used for religious texts analyzing. This method is a simple and efficient way to explain patterns in the qualitative data. Using this method, in the first stage, all hadiths and verses which there is the word of “Masjid” or “Masjids” in them - that were about 15,000 ones - were studied. Then those of them which didn’t have effective relation with mosque architecture were omitted and the others were analyzed. Based on analysis of these hadiths and verses three types of code were subsumed. In the first level, descriptive codes were inferred which are the codes that are obvious and unequivocal. In the second level, interpretative codes were inferred which are latent and non-transparent and finally in the third level, pervasive codes were inferred which are the codes that comparing to two other types, have the most comprehensiveness. In this research, after deduction and classification of triple types of codes, the network of themes has inferred this network includes all pervasive codes that have classified hierarchically. In fact, this network provides the conceptual framework for mosques designing. Moreover, according to the requirements of the various stages of this research, for gathering data, archival research method has been used mostly meanwhile the authors have used logical argumentation method in analysis step and judgment of data (For example, the network of pervasive themes has deducted by logical argumentation method). The following, regarding to the importance of pervasive themes network, manufacturer principles of this network are cited:- Balance in permeability in mosques - Use of abstract geometries and patterns (in association with natural shapes and icons) - Use of geometries with clear boundaries for spaces separating - Attending to human scale in mosques - Use of axial and polar geometries - Application of uniform and pure geometries in mosques - Attending to the spatial hierarchy - The necessity of observing the simplicity in mosque - Attending to the mosque legibility for pedestrians - Attending to multi functionalism - Attending to the traditions and methods of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Imams (AS) in the construction of mosques - The necessity of preserving Islamic identity and avoiding the imitation of other cultures in physical design of the mosques - Change in original physical patterns of mosques in certain circumstances - Use of convergent, balanced and introversive geometries and forms in mosques In the last part of this research, different contemporary mosques in Tehran were selected to be evaluated according to 14 above principles. The quality of selection was based on some valid researches that formerly have been done for Tehran mosques typology. According to these researches, totally six mosques were selected that three ones of them are designed in traditional style and the others are designed innovative. Based on the results of this research and regarding to 14 above principles, to establish the appropriateness of the appearance and conscience in contemporary Tehran mosques, use of converged, static, balanced and generally introverted geometries and spaces is necessary and contrary to what is seen in some contemporary Tehran mosques over recent years, diverging and extroverted geometries and spaces are not suitable for this problem. But unfortunately and according to findings of this research, these features are less respected in Tehran innovative contemporary mosques compared to Tehran traditional contemporary mosques.