Enhancing the Visual Comfort of Citizens Emphasizing Sustainable Iranian Architecture Patterns مقالة

"Due to the use of non-fossil fuels and renewable and clean energy, organic growth and importance of the site in order to respect the environment, Iranian architecture today could be a suitable model for architects and urban planners to advance and promote the welfare of citizens in urban visual problems. The results of this research showed that implementing such factors of sustainable Iranian architecture as hospitality, avoidance of uselessness, Niyaresh , self sufficiency, and introversion as a model in constructing buildings can notably be influential over the visual comfort of the citizens and maintenance of urban landscape. In addition, Iranian architecture is formed in different locations with full consideration to all climatic, social and cultural factors, and due to the use of non-fossil fuels and renewable and clean energy, organic growth and respecting the environment. The following points are the most significant ones (Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), 2006): Designing according to the climate; Creating a favorable microclimate; Static heating, cooling, and lighting; Using renewable energy; Creativity in architectural designs; Utilizing materials, construction and manufacturing techniques; Protecting and enhancing natural values; Architecture as a living organism; Efficiency of space; Designing based on human comfort. However, the present study focused on Iranian sustainable architecture and considered such factors as hospitality, avoidance of uselessness, self-sufficiency, and introversion as influential factors which maintain domestic architectural patterns in Iran, and influence over visual comfort of the citizens."