@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002937,
	  title     = {Sustainable Traditional Architecture and Urban Planning in Hot-Arid Climate of Iran},
	  author    = {Farnaz Nazem},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {The aim of sustainable architecture is to design
buildings with the least adverse effects on the environment and
provide better conditions for people. What building forms make the
best use of land? This question was addressed in the late 1960s at the
center of Land Use and Built Form Studies in Cambridge. This led to
a number of influential papers which had a great influence on the
practice of urban design. This paper concentrates on the results of
sustainability caused by climatic conditions in Iranian traditional
architecture in hot-arid regions. As people spent a significant amount
of their time in houses, it was very important to have such houses to
fulfill their needs physically and spiritually as well as satisfying their
cultural and religious aspects of their lifestyles. In a vast country such
as Iran with different climatic zones, traditional builders have
presented series of logical solutions for human comfort. These
solutions have been able to response to the environmental problems
for a long period of time. As a result, by considering the experience
in traditional architecture of hot–arid climate in Iran, it is possible to
attain sustainable architecture.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Architectural and Environmental Engineering},
	  volume    = {9},
	  number    = {11},
	  year      = {2015},
	  pages     = {1483 - 1491},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002937},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/107},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 107, 2015},
	}