Architecture from the Perspective of Sustainability of Cultural Identity and its Impact on Mental Health: A case study among Iranian houses

Abstract

Nowadays mental health is one of the noteworthy dimensions by the people and also one of the main goals of the World Health Organization. The decrease in the mental health has occurred based on multiple reasons as one of the arisen problems in this century. Although, the World Health Organization is figuring on the solving this issue, the main part of this issue still requires more debate and analysis. On the other hand, this issue is less addressed in the researches and also there is not enough attention toward increasing mental health and stabilizing it. In most of the essays there are some sorts of solutions which are referring to a cure after happening this mental damage while, it is possible to figure out a solution for preventing this important modern issue which is preventable. Therefore, a sort of architecture which is connected to the life of people and also is a part of this life would have an undeniable effect on stabilizing the mental health.  The cultural identity of the society could be considered as an important factor for the mental health of each person. This study aims to investigate the role of architecture from the perspective of cultural sustainability of community in improving and creating mental health of each person and preventing mental damages and focuses on designing based on cultural needs of the society. In this study it is tried to present sustainable houses as a solution to prevent mental damages by induction of culture. This study is based on library studies with applied research method and analytical -descriptive approach. This study evaluates the reasons for the impact of culture on people's daily life in order to maintain mental health. Also, the role of sustainability in attaining this goal will be studied. At the end, the cultural principles and patterns will be provided to improve the mental health of Iranian houses. The study results show that traditional Iranian-Islamic architecture which shows itself in the culture has a sort of special characteristics which is called sustainability.