The Design of Historical Memorial Structure in Gorgan Based on the Relation Between Music and Architecture Approach (Case Study: Professor Lotfi’s Music Center)

Abstract

Architecture and music are two areas of art that are created and comprehended by human beings. Music is mainly significant in the dimension of time and architecture in the dimension of space. Although the raw materials of these two arts are different from each other, they are, however, organized in the same mental space and by means of similar and special intellectual instruments. Such means are, in fact, the principles and rules that the artist takes advantage of them when creating his work. Then these principles and concepts that are the artistic work organizing means in the field of art transform are introduced. Finally, practical examples of application of these instruments are offered as evidence. Using these common instruments, architectural instruments can be made that create in humans a sensation similar to that of its corresponding music. Mohammad Reza Lotfi is one of the leading professors in the field of music who was buried in the old part of Sabze neighborhood in Mashhad city. Inattention to such a person has been far from the minds. The present project uses statistical and analytical methods to evaluate the musical concepts and its relationship to and application in architectural decoration. Finally, using these symbols, professor Lotfi’s memorial is designed, adopting the approach that deals with the relationship between music and architecture. The obtained results of this project show that the concept of music in the rise and dance of Sufi and mystical states can be used in the design pattern.
Keywords: memorial, the relation between music and architecture, musical concepts, Sufi dance, Professor Lotfi