Maryam Shafiei

[ 1 ] - Lessons from the Past: Climatic Response of Iranian Vernacular houses to Hot Climate Conditions

While in the historic urban fabric of Iran's cities, there are numerous traditional buildings that have stood up for more than one hundred years, today's buildings, in spite of advanced construction technologies, are not comparable with those traditional ones in terms of resiliency and durability. The sustainable vernacular strategies in design and construction of these traditional houses are t...