Built technology in traditional buildings depends on different factors including local characteristics such as climatic conditions, and architect's capabilities and expertise. To recognize built technologies in the past in traditional buildings will manifest some part of feautures related to local architecture. Through elapsing time, replacement of technology and advancement in costruction&nbsp...

Privacy is one of the basic principles of Islamic architecture. Islamic texts like Quran and Hadiths indicate that privacy is an important subject in the house which provides peace for the family. The houses that are built in Islamic era represent this principle, but unfortunately, this important architectural principle is nowadays ignored in houses. Therefore, reviewing the privacy principle i...

Today, access to sustainable environment for more presence of humans in open space should improve the quality of open spaces and human thermal comfort. Hence, the courtyard as an open space is an important element in solar radiation absorption and providing thermal comfort. The aim of this paper is to investigate the climatic performance of traditional courtyard houses, according to shading ...

Background and purpose: Menopause is one of the four critical stages in women which make them vulnerable to effective, strong, persistant and permanent hormonal changes. Therefore, assessment of menopauseal age and its enfluencing factors are very important. Materials and methods : This is a descriptive study on rural and urban women living in mazandaran province whose menopausal period star...

For a long time, Naraq plain has been accommodating different types of habitation, such as residential fields to mastery houses.  Based on some evidences, Naraq’s primary core is located in the western half of the town and in the Lower (Paien) neighborhood. In the further development of the town, the Upper (Bala) and Bazaar neighborhoods are formed in the east and north of the older neighborhoo...

As an example of extreme hot humid climate, the southern marginal rim of Iran is a perfect candidate for studying climatic patterns. Attention to climatic components in housing design process within this area is therefore essential. Benefitting from the airflow and avoiding heat and radiation are among the most effective approaches towards moderating heat conditions in hot and humid areas. ...

Lifestyle which encompasses social, cultural, and economic factors deeply impacts upon the people's behavioral patterns and mental attitudes. One of the manifestations of lifestyle is the quality of selecting living places, which in turn influences the architecture of the houses.   The purpose of the present study is to examine the extent to which modern lifestyle affected Hamadanian people`s l...