Recognition of Sustainability in Iran’s Vernacular Architecture

Abstract

The subject of supplying thermal energy, i.e providing comfort inside the building for residents and supplying cold and heat by building is essential to be discussed in architectural term. The majority of dwelling spaces were designed on the basis of corresponding man demands and environmental conditions and gradually created an exceptional combination of art and technology. However, in the architecture related to 20th century, by giving extreme importance to so-called modernism is distinguishable. Of course, the cost for being technological is going to ignore other values. A challenging question, which is always raised when scholars review the methods and characteristics in sustainable architecture, is the claim that Iran’s vernacular architecture has complied sustainable principles.