Hesam Fathi Saqalaksari; Neda Sadat Sahragard Monfared; Seyed Abbas Yazdanfar
Abstract
Recent advancements in construction and shifts in traditional housing practices in the villages of the Gilan Plain have resulted in a disconnect between the newly-constructed housing and its surrounding environmental, economic, physical, social, and cultural conditions. This study aims ...
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Recent advancements in construction and shifts in traditional housing practices in the villages of the Gilan Plain have resulted in a disconnect between the newly-constructed housing and its surrounding environmental, economic, physical, social, and cultural conditions. This study aims to identify and evaluate the key components affecting traditional rural housing in the Gilan Plain and compare these with those found in the literature review. The study employed a mixed-methods design, including descriptive-analytical approaches, a survey method, and a case study approach, to examine rural housing in the Gilan Plain. The components were distilled into items and evaluated through a questionnaire distributed to 100 architectural experts, the validity and reliability of which were confirmed. The components were then ranked using the Friedman test. To observe the functions of these components, 23 case studies of rural housing in the Gilan Plain were investigated. The findings showed that livelihood played a significant role in shaping the physical structure of rural homes in the Gilan Plain compared to other rural areas of Iran. Due to the region's favorable climate conditions, including an abundance of rain and vegetation, there has been a lack of emphasis on climate adaptation strategies and resource management compared to other regions of Iran. The abundant fields and vegetation also serve important cultural functions, such as providing privacy.
Architecture
Maryam Mehdipour; Seyed-abbas Yazdanfar; Ahmad Ekhlasi; Bahram Saleh Sedghpour
Abstract
Designing the facade's color based on user evaluation is necessary due to the effect of color on people's evaluation. To evaluate the facade's color, its combination should be categorized. The emotional dimensions of color evaluation should be assessed due to the variety of emotional scales of color ...
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Designing the facade's color based on user evaluation is necessary due to the effect of color on people's evaluation. To evaluate the facade's color, its combination should be categorized. The emotional dimensions of color evaluation should be assessed due to the variety of emotional scales of color evaluation. Thus, the question arises: What are the emotional scales describing the facade's color and components. During a study, temperature, harmony, and weight were considered to describe the color in facades. This study used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the components related to defining the color composition's weight scale. First, some components were identified to determine the weight of the color combination through a semi-structured interview. Based on the results, a questionnaire was prepared. The final results were obtained using the Q method analysis with the help of color strips and HSL codes. Therefore, to describe the combination color of the facade as light and heavy, the facade with a light color combination has at least 30% openings. At least 70% of facade areas and openings have a hue with more than 90% lightness. In addition, the saturation of at least 70% of the area is less than 30% and 5% with warm and cool hues, respectively. At least 70% of facade areas and openings have a hue with less than 65% lightness and a heavy color combination.
Architecture
Mahsa Zarrabi; Seyed Abbas Yazdanfar; Seyed Bagher Hosseini
Abstract
The concept of lifestyle was initially used in psychology and sociology, but its features gradually gained entry into other fields of study, including housing. Various studies have been conducted on applying housing lifestyle in Iran, as in other countries. In this study, the structure ...
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The concept of lifestyle was initially used in psychology and sociology, but its features gradually gained entry into other fields of study, including housing. Various studies have been conducted on applying housing lifestyle in Iran, as in other countries. In this study, the structure and contents of lifestyle research in the field of housing have been compared to Iranian research. To achieve this goal, 45 English and 13 Persian articles were thoroughly studied by the systematic review method. The CASP checklist was used for validity and quality control. The results of this analysis show that there are different views on the methodological approaches so it is suggested to use mixed methods. Housing lifestyle studies can be divided into four types of micro and macro scale design, residential preferences, energy consumption in the building, and the meaning of housing. Research on the international scale in the field of meaning and energy consumption is less than design and residential preferences. This is more evident in Iranian studies and should be further studied in the field of housing planning, residential preferences, and building energy. The number of lifestyle factors in international studies is broader than in Iranian studies. However, there is a gap in the field of subjective lifestyle and its psychological issues.
Abbas Yazdanfar; Sepideh Ghaemmaghami; Paniz Ahmadpour
Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2013, , Pages 51-56
Abstract
Security is one of the most critical factors affecting the quality of urban spaces. Nowadays, most of these spaces have become merely pathways with neither social life nor sense of belonging to it. Insufficiency of public surveillance along with weak sense of control and surveillance results ...
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Security is one of the most critical factors affecting the quality of urban spaces. Nowadays, most of these spaces have become merely pathways with neither social life nor sense of belonging to it. Insufficiency of public surveillance along with weak sense of control and surveillance results in spaces with high crime rate. In the late 60s and early 70s, high crime statistics in open urban spaces around America and Europe, forced many city planners to provide physical and cultural solutions for it. Sensitive environmental design can simultaneously prevent the occurrence of crime and increase the control and surveillance over the public spaces. The main purpose of this paper is to achieve the most critical factors enhancing safe urban spaces. The research method is descriptive analysis and is done by comparative study on three outstanding theorists’ point of view toward the subject. Research findings identify that crime prevention is largely achieved through applying territoriality, surveillance and social interaction factors in environmental design.
