MohammadAmir Kakizadeh

Background and Objectives The building of the Faculty of Art and Architecture of Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, is an infill design created to revive the historical fabric of this region. Open and semi-open spaces in the historical buildings of Bushehr are influential and impressive elements in the region’s architecture. By examining these elements in the buildings, it is possible to identify the architectural patterns of the region. This research aims to familiarize oneself with the approaches of native architecture in the open and semi-open spaces of the historical fabric of Bushehr and to discuss how to preserve these patterns in today’s architecture and urban planning. In this regard, this research deals with the comparative comparison of differences and similarities in the architecture of open and semi-open spaces in vernacular examples of the historical fabric and examples inspired by it. This article not only deals with the physical description of open and semi-open spaces in the architecture of Bushehr’s historical buildings and infill architecture but also tries to analyze and compare each of these spaces. The questions raised in the research are as follows: What are the differences and similarities in the open and semi-open spaces of Bushehr historical buildings and the new building of the Faculty of Art and Architecture of the Persian Gulf? In what areas was the building of the Faculty of Art and Architecture able to follow the pattern of open and semi-open spaces of Bushehr’s historical fabric? Methods The present research was conducted in a qualitative and descriptive-analytical way and studied 10 examples of historic buildings of Bushehr with the intermediate building of the Faculty of Art and Architecture of the Persian Gulf. library studies have been conducted in order to organize the research literature, examine the background of the subject and study the historical architecture of Bushehr, and field studies using interviews and observations have