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The research conceptual framework
| Aspect | Component | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| Physical | Function | The status of the project area to its performance |
| Match the number of parking lots with the complex capacity | ||
| The status of services required according to the project purpose | ||
| Future development capability as needed | ||
| The view from the outside | ||
| The inner axis view status | ||
| The status of the project’s facade to the background | ||
| Route access from the entrance to the main hall | ||
| The status of the project’s green space to the total area of the project | ||
| The status of the project’s furniture | ||
| Safety | The materials’ resistance to fire | |
| The building resistance to earthquake | ||
| Location | The distance from the project to the airport | |
| The status of the route access of the project | ||
| The slope and topography status | ||
| The distance from the project to the city center | ||
| Social | - | The effect of the project on the development of surrounding neighborhoods |
| The effect of the project on the fixation of surrounding villages and neighborhoods | ||
| The effect of the project on the price of the surrounding neighborhoods | ||
| The inclusiveness of the conference hall | ||
| The project effect on introducing the Iranian Islamic culture to other nations | ||
| Economic and managerial | - | Matching the cost with the efficiency (budget) |
| Employment rate | ||
| The revnue to the cost | ||
| Tourist attraction to the specified goals | ||
| The achieved goals to the time specified | ||
| Environmental | The program should be leading in the environmental design and energy. | The status of construction location to the environment |
Assess physical aspect
| Aspect | Component | Measure | Description | Fig. | Score |
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| Physical | Function | The status of the project area to its performance | The project’s size is about 70 hectares compared to Edinburgh conference hall (1850 m), London ExCeL Hall (10 hectares), and the Hall of the Leaders Summit of Islamic Countries (2.5 hectares), but because it provides other services such as VIP homes it is suitable. |
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| Match the number of parking lots with the complex capacity | The project consists of two parking lots: a 9500 m2 parking lot with a capacity of 212 cars and a back door entrance to the main hall with an area of 3250 square meters and a parking lot of 19,000 square meters with a capacity of 560 cars |
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| The status of services required according to the project purpose | Inter complex uses in the three main zones of International Conference Center, VIP homes’ site, commercial and hotel complexes, with public spaces for facilities and services, main passages’ network and tree planting |
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| Future development capability as needed | The site intended for this project from the north is confined to the Shahid Keshvari township, from the east to the highway, from the south and west to the military lands, but it should be considered that the land area considered is 70 hectares which is about 7 times of London hall and no development is required. |
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| View and landscape | External view status | Limited external view of the project from Abshar St. by Shahid Keshvari buildings |
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| Intra-axis view status | View axis imbalance from the inside of the site from part 1 by commercial buildings |
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| The view of the project to the background | Non-index of the project’s view due to the same color of the bachground |
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| The status of the route from the entrance to the main hall | Considering 3 routes for the lecturer, reporter and spectator |
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| The status of green space to the project’s total area | Considering 17.7 ha for green space about 28% of the project’s total area |
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| Safety | The status of the project’s furniture | Considering proper furniture for all parts of the main hall, reception hall and etc. |
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| Materials’ resistance to fire | Using GFRC panels for the main façade materials with high resistance to fire |
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| The building resistance to earthquake | Design and engineering of the complex in a way as resistant to earthquake |
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| The distance from the project to the airport | 30 min |
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| Location | Access to the main route | The project’s entracne and exit from Abshar St. to Isfahan east highway |
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| The status of the slope and topography | About 2% to south and southwest | - | 5 | ||
| The distance from the project to the city center | 30 min |
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Assess the environmental aspect
| Aspect | Component | Measure | Description | Score |
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| Environmental | The program should be leading in the environmental design and energy | The status of construction location to the environment | There is no pollutants inside the project and the pollution of construction activities during the implementation of the project has been carefully controlled and kept low. | 5 |
| Water consumption rate | The project foresees the use of groundwater resources and rainfall for irrigation of green space. | 5 | ||
| Energy consumption rate | chiller and air-conditioning unit for air transfer from the outside to the building and the ventilation system inside the building | 5 | ||
| The rate of using environmentally friendly materials | Not using recycled materials systems anti-moisture and anti-fire walls, zipper panel ceiling cover and acoustic insulation in cinema for sound Wooden materials used only for interior decoration | 3 | ||
| The quality of indoor spaces in terms of energy consumption | Intelligent control system smoke channels in the wind direction and its intelligent control | 5 | ||
| Inventions and innovations in terms of energy consumption | Landscaping of green space and plant in the environment | 2 |
The general criteria of the evaluation [6-13]
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The use and activities of the site of the International Conference Center of Isfahan metropolis and assigned levels [3]
| Zone | Use | Occupancy level (m2) | Land area (m2) | The plan site of the International Conference Center |
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| 1 | International Conference Center (including the main hall, multi-purpose hall, cinema, hall, plaza) | 49000 | 118000 |
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| 2 | The site of the VIP villas | 3200 | 89000 | |
| 3 | Commercial, office and hotel complex | 48000 | 137000 | |
| Facilities and Services | 4500 | 11000 | ||
| The main passages network and parking | 94000 | 94000 | ||
| Landscaping and tree planting | 177000 | |||
| Total | 198700 | 627000 |
Assess the economic and managerial aspect
| Aspect | Component | Measure | Description | Score |
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| Economic and managerial | - | Cost matching rate to efficiency (budget) | The total contractual amount considered for the project was 306 milliard toman, of which only 20 milliard was provided by the government. And the rest (286 milliard) will be provided by the municipality, which is equal to 53% of the budget of 2011 of the municipality of Isfahan. With these interpretations, if the municipality does not allocate half of its budget to any other part of the city in 2011, the project will be completed, indicating the ineffectiveness of the cost. | 1 |
| Employment rate | With the implementation of the project by 34 contractors, employment has been created for thousands directly or indirectly, also by the operation of the project regarding creating a commercial part in the project the employment will be created for thousands directly or indirectly. But it should be kept in mind that by setting up the commercial part, the business of the neighborhoods will reduce and cause the emigration of the people. | 3 | ||
| The amount of money earned to the cost | The project has three parts of the conference hall, commercial complexes and VIP homes, the project revenue is by renting conference halls for meetings, ceremonies and celebrations, as well as building commercial complexes and rental houses. | 4 | ||
| The tourist attraction rate to the goal specified | Given that the project changed from national to provincial, ambassadors from other countries did not enter this hall and did not realize the tourist’s attraction as intended in the project’s objectives. | 2 | ||
| The extent to which goals are achieved to the time specified | The project implementation time was at the end of 2010 and it was planned to open the project by the end of 2012, but given that government credits were not provided on time and the project changed from a national project to an international project until 2016 about 68% of the project has been completed, and the project is expected to be operational in the summer of 2017. | 1 |
Five-option Likert scale
| Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| Meaning | Highly improper | Improper | Moderate | Proper | Highly proper |
Assess the social aspect
| Aspect | Component | Measure | Description | Score |
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| Social | - | The project’s effect on the development of surrounding neighborhoods | The implementation of the project has resulted in the creation of one of the traffic circles of the fourth traffic ring as well as the extension of the eastern highway of Isfahan to this area. | 5 |
| The effect of the project on the fixation of the population of the surrounding villages and neighborhoods | According to interviews with real estate consultants in each neighborhood, the implementation of the project has led to a steady increase in the citizens’ tendency to settle and invest in this area, and the population of neighborhoods of Radan and Ashkavand (preventing migration) but not affecting other neighborhoods. But it should be taken into account that the change in the plan from the national to the provincial has also led to a reduction in the immigration of neighborhoods. | 3 | ||
| The effect of the project on the price of neighborhoods | With the construction of the project in Isfahan, especially the south-east of the city, in terms of urban development, since the time of presenting the plot, significant effects have been found in terms of increased property price. | 4 | ||
| The inclusiveness of the conference hall | Due to the change of the plan from national to provincial, the center can attract all sectors by providing services. | 5 | ||
| The effect of the project on the introduction of Iranian Islamic culture to other nations | Due to the fact that this project will host the guests of other countries in the future, Iranians will become acquainted with different peoples’ cultures and different nations and will introduce Iranian Islamic culture to other nations. | 4 |
The final value of the megaproject of the International Conference Center of Isfahan metropolis
| Aspects | Components | The weight of aspects / components | Total score of aspects / components’ measures | Normalized score of aspects/components’ measures | Total value |
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| Physical | Function | .11 | 19/20 | .95 | .10 |
| View | .08 | 21/30 | .7 | .06 | |
| Safety | .05 | 10/10 | 1 | .05 | |
| Location | .10 | 20/20 | 1 | .10 | |
| Social | - | .12 | 21/25 | .84 | .10 |
| Economic and managerial | - | .38 | 11/25 | .44 | .17 |
| Environmental | LEED | .16 | 25/30 | .83 | .13 |
| Total | 1 | 150/165 | .71 |