Seyed Gholamreza Islami¹, Davood Dehghan^1,, Hasan Sadeghi Naeini²

This study aims to formulate the most influential factors in the decision making process for the Reuse of abandoned historic houses in Tehran. Nasir Al-Din Mirza House as a case study was selected as this house has a traditional pattern which has evolved over thousands of years. However, due to the changes in lifestyle, it has been abandoned. Granting a new type of land use to architectural heritage which can no longer keep their main land-use is the best way to save them. This heritage is rich in historical-cultural values that must be transferred to the next generations. Granting new type of land-use, in addition to honoring these buildings, upgrades the identity and vitality of urban sites. Moreover, besides attracting foreign tourists, this heritage would be converted to an entertainment place for domestic tourists. in this descriptive study , interviews, in depth-observations, impressions, and library studies were used to gather appropriated data. Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) technique was used to data analysis. Finally, identifying the most significant factors and weighting them, two types of land use including restaurants and coffee shops with the highest points were proposed. The most influential factors of such a selection were comments of the concerned individuals including experts, locals and tourists, lack of damage caused by the new reuse to the current form, all parts of the building not being blocked by the new reuse to be visited by tourists as well as the proper relationship between the new reuse and the surrounding site.

Adaptive Reuse, Development, Decision Making, Architectural Heritage, Iranian Qajar Houses