The Design of Administrative Building Based on Climate Considerations: A Case Study in Khuzestan Engineering Systems Buildings

Abstract

This study was conducted with looking ahead to optimize the use of energy in Iran as a developing country with many challenges in building industry at the present time and regarding a better future and respecting the criteria of old architecture as well as following contemporary architecture and outbreak of technology for the users’ more comfort. Popularity of construction based on the design in harmony with the climate, can lead to significant effects on reducing energy consumption if its condition and context are provided in the body of the city. By reviewing the elements and rules of architecture and urbanism in Iran indicated as codified rules in article 19 of Building National Regulations and in other parts of the world as some movements with sustainable architecture a system in line with tis direction can be develop. Hence, the way buildings are constructed next to each other in a neighborhood, and the way to create the body of cities with the emphasis on the issue of wasting energy in the buildings were studied by looking at the contemporary urbanism of Iran. Therefore, the issue of coordination of height of neighborhoods buildings and adjacent buildings, the width of passages and height of buildings, the use of different materials in the walls of the building with appropriate thermal capacity and considering the climate architecture of each region as the lasting archetypal and combining it with modern technology can be effective in developing the rules of urbanism of each region. It is hoped that reviewing urban plans and laws of the city and removing deficiencies can create appropriate urban body and perfect context to popularize the construction of buildings compatible with the climate to reduce the waste of energy in the building and lead to more comfort for citizens.