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Shahabinejad A. A Study on the Removal of Confusion Caused by Urban Utilities in the Historical Landscape of Yazd's Vaght o Saat Square. KCR 2021; 4 (2) :29-38
URL: http://journal.richt.ir/kcr/article-1-166-en.html

One of the most serious disturbances that historic urban spaces face today is confusion to their appearance and landscape. Among the most significant factors contributing to visual disturbances in the appearance of historic urban spaces are urban utilities, including electrical, gas, telecommunications infrastructure, and similar facilities. One of the successful experiences in addressing the visual damage caused by urban utilities is the regeneration project of Vakht-o-Saat Square in Yazd.This square, dating back to the Safavid era, and whose historical site has roots
in the Ilkhanate period, suffered from numerous visual and aesthetic problems before the implementation of the Vakht-o-Saat Square regeneration project. In the regeneration project of Vakht-o-Saat Square, prepared in 2018 by the Yazd University's Institute of Indigenous Architecture and implemented between 2020 and 2023 by Yazd Historical District Municipality in collaboration with the Yazd Provincial Department of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism, significant portions of the square's visual and aesthetic damages caused by urban utilities were eliminated. This article aims to describe the process of this project using a descriptive-analytical method and to explain the
implementation actions taken to the visual and aesthetic damages caused by urban utilities in this square.