From the end of the last century, the environment became the chief of all research topics and studies in different fields. Architecture, for example, is one of these fields and a lot of titles were born in architecture to connect between architecture and environment such as, green architecture, sustainable architecture and environmental design. All of these titles are moving around the same orbit which is how to create a friendship between the built environment and the natural environment. Sustainable architecture, which is the topic of this research, seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by enhancing efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space.
If we go back to the traditional architecture, we will find many examples that achieved sustainability with traditional tools and tried to realize a friendship with the natural environment. So, sustainability isn't a recent idea but it was born in traditional architecture.
So the research will demonstrate sustainability in traditional and modern architecture and discuss the difference in application of sustainability in architecture between past and present.
The research will focus on Islamic architecture which is simultaneously an example of traditional architecture and it is a paradigm of sustainable architecture, starting from the urban planning scale reaching to the scale of building. The sustainability realization in the urban planning scale can be shown in the compact urban tissue and narrow anfractuous streets. The sustainability recognition in the building scale can be shown in the Islamic building in some elements such as, building material, proportions of openings, using courts, roofing and other environmental treatments that intend to diminish the thermal load.
In addition, the research will spot the light on recent sustainable architecture and introduce some examples which illustrate using new technology in achieving sustainability. |
