ABSTRACT
Variation in the roles associated with gender is one of the significant consequences of the social and economic structural changes in society after the Iranian constitutional revolution (1905–1911). Men's traditional role used to be as a breadwinner, while the women's role was indoors caring for the family; post-revolution, these roles transitioned in parallel with governmental changes which dictated gender roles.
This paper discusses the changes in the role of women in society and their impact on the home spaces alteration in modern life in Azerbaijan region, Iran. Furthermore, by recognising the evolution of the role of women in the context of Iran, this paper will critique the disciplinary regional power which normalised the values, and accordingly, it will introduce the impact of the disciplinary power in everyday life and home users. Finally, the paper aims to engage in a discussion on the embedded meaning of normalised regional values in architecture and their dialectic confrontation with modernity.
