Thermal comfort and practicality: separate winter and summer rooms in Iranian traditional houses

Foruzanmehr, Ahmadreza

doi:10.1080/00038628.2014.939132

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“…Iran is a large country with a population consisting of several tribes, and although there are differences, there are many shared behavioural traits both within Iran and with other Middle Eastern countries (Memarian and Brown, 2006). Traditionally, spaces within Iranian houses are multi-use, meaning their usage and furnishing change both over the day and with the seasons (Foruzanmehr, 2014).…”

Section: Sharing Space In Everyday Life In Iranmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…"Poshti" form a good JFM 14,2 replacement for couches, as they let more guests be entertained in a small room and can easily be picked up and stored when not needed. Similarly, Iranian people traditionally slept on the ground at night on mats, which in the morning were folded and stored in spaces designed for this (Foruzanmehr, 2014). Although recently these habits have changed with modernisation, many people still like to live, eat and sleep as in the past with this flexible use of space.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Shared student residential space: a post occupancy evaluation

Khajehzadeh

Vale

2016

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -In Iran, as elsewhere, a great number of student dormitory-style buildings have been built with shared rooms either side of a central corridor as a simple and affordable building form. Highly populated shared rooms with common facilities in such buildings can produce problems in terms of personal space but, at the same time, have many advantages for social interactions and better use of resources, which is a feature of sustainability. Most of these buildings are old and need fundamental refurbishment. This study aims to provide some guidelines to improve advantages and control disadvantages of this building type for future refurbishment and new developments. Design/methodology/approach -The advantages and disadvantages of shared spaces have been analysed using a Post Occupancy Evaluation approach in a case study which is representative of more than 30 university dormitories in Iran. Interview, observation and questionnaire survey tools are used in this study. Findings -Results show students have some problems regarding privacy, interaction, security, noise, circulation, access hierarchy, storage spaces, use of rooms and territory definition. Practical implications -Based on the results of the study, some design suggestions are made for more efficient shared spaces for future designs and also for improving the case study dormitory, in terms of both access hierarchy and internal room arrangements. Originality/value -Post Occupancy Evaluation has not previously been used to provide guidelines for architects to improve the quality of design according to existing functional/behavioural problems in similar buildings.

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Section: Sharing Space In Everyday Life In Iranmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sharing Space In Everyday Life In Iranmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shared student residential space: a post occupancy evaluation

Khajehzadeh

Vale

2016

JFM

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“…Keshtkaran (2011) [15] presented data to prove the harmony between climate and architecture of Yazd. Foruzanmehr surveyed different elements of Yazd's vernacular architecture, their performance and role in dwellers' lives through several studies [8,12,[16][17][18][19] and concluded that vernacular houses provide a more comfortable living environment compared to modern apartments in most cases. Khalili and Amindeldar (2014) [13] studied the logic and performance of traditional solutions in low-E vernacular buildings of hot-arid regions in Iran and concluded that these buildings provide a sustainable environment.…”

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Sustainability Features of Iran’s Vernacular Architecture: A Comparative Study between the Architecture of Hot–Arid and Hot–Arid–Windy Regions

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Vernacular architecture has evolved over time to reflect and sustainably comply with the environmental and cultural contexts in which it exists. This kind of architecture possesses a variety of original and clever practices and technologies to satisfy various necessities imposed by context. Iran's vernacular architecture has mastered the art of adaptation to context by developing different architectures in different regions of the country. Despite their different appearances, these architectures follow the same logic in spirit: sustainable adaptation to context. This original research work surveys this logic in two regions, one hot-arid and the other hot-arid-windy, in Iran (represented by the city of Yazd and the region of Sistan, respectively) through a comparative study. This paper studies different elements and techniques of sustainability in these areas, reasons for their existence and the factors that have shaped them into the specific way that they are. The main elements that were studied through this survey include: fabric and orientation, sidewalks, facades, materials, entrances, courtyards, basements and cellars, porches, roofs, wind-catchers, and openings. In conclusion, links that connect different specifications of context to different aspects of construction are discovered and their role in overall character of two region's architecture is illustrated so they can be used as guidelines for future designs and constructions.

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“…Sash windows are operable full‐wall windows used for central rooms (Foruzanmehr, ), dispersing light deeply into them. By opening ascending windows a large amount of daylight is received, and by closing them severe light is prevented (Figure ).…”

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Impact of Daylighting Design Strategies on Social Sustainability Through the Built Environment

Zarghami

Fatourehchi

Karamloo

2017

Sustainable Development

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Despite the recent trends toward sustainable architecture, the concept of social sustainability has not been practically addressed through design strategies. This paper aims to address this disparity through an investigation of daylighting design strategies and situate social sustainability aspects related to the built environment in Iranian traditional four-season courtyard houses in a hot and arid region. The methods of the investigation are based on a qualitative and quantitative approach to infuse theories of social sustainability aspects into practice. Results show that daylighting design strategies in these houses were implemented based on a human-centered design with a careful attention to social sustainability aspects in the built environment context. Findings can be considered in designing contemporary housing with a similar cultural and climatic response.

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Thermal comfort and practicality: separate winter and summer rooms in Iranian traditional houses

Cited by 20 publications

References 9 publications

Shared student residential space: a post occupancy evaluation

Shared student residential space: a post occupancy evaluation

Sustainability Features of Iran’s Vernacular Architecture: A Comparative Study between the Architecture of Hot–Arid and Hot–Arid–Windy Regions

Impact of Daylighting Design Strategies on Social Sustainability Through the Built Environment

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