A Survey in the Role of Climatic Elements in Forming Residential Buildings in Traditional Architecture of Dezful Town

Abstract

It can be said one of the most important factors in designing the cities and houses is climate. The importance of the effect of climatic elements on architecture requires the comprehensive studies in this regard, namely in Iran with the variety of climate conditions as its effect is observed in the entire urban texture, even inside the buildings and internal architecture elements of spaces. Housing is one of the primary human needs and it is a factor to overcome the hard environmental conditions. Traditional architecture of Iran presented logical methods and solutions to provide the comfort of people. In this study, Dezful city was selected as a sample, based on . After the review of climatic elements, its recognition and definitions and definition of traditional houses architecture and appropriate architecture with climate, the effect of climate on construction of the houses in Dezful town and the solutions of architects of these buildings to design in accordance to the climate of the region are investigated. It is concluded traditional houses of Dezful are completely consistent with the climatic models of this region and are formed for them.