Investigation of Cultural Eco-Technology in Iranian Traditional Architecture: The way of Achieving a Comprehensive Viewpoint Regarding Contemporary Architecture of Iran

Abstract

After industrial revolution many of visionaries deal with technology in underdeveloped communities; but dealing with technology did not lead to preserving identity and culture in cities and caused unconsidered deployment of technology for response to construction needs and made environmental damages. Today, the lack of attention to the cultural aspects of the architecture in developing countries is become a common issue .This despite the fact that many of these countries, such as Iran, have rich culture and glorious history in art, engineering and architecture. So, extensive study on Iranian Traditional architecture and its technologic solutions to solve ecological issues in a cultural context have been carried out. This paper aims to find how technology and ecology were influenced by Iranian culture and how come together in contemporary architecture. This investigation was carried out based on library and field studies. Here, the concept of sustainability and position of ecology, technology and culture in it, Relationship between culture and eco-tech architecture in developing countries will be explained. Then, Iranian traditional architecture and its eco-technologic solutions in a cultural context will be discussed.