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The Role of Vernacular Technologies in the Quality of Residential Spaces
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Atefeh Jaferi *  , Hosain Mahdavi pour |
| yazd university , ati_jef@yahoo.com |
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| Unfortunately, in spite of the rapid progress in knowledge and capability of engineering and technology, none of them could help the rising in quality of spaces and architectural values commensurate with modern life. In such a way that the modern architectural attributes have transformed to single dimensional, meaningless and their quality is identical. In addition, the technology has caused, (unlike the cultural, regional, and vernacular differences which are present in the environment) the building in different parts of a country to look alike and have no major variation in design. This has caused a reduction in quality and, has made spaces less satisfying and pleasant and quality are willing to go away. While paying careful attention to traditional Iranian houses which are constructed based on vernacular technology we will find out that by using this kind of technology at each and every corner of the house we could make different quality and circumstances all over the house depending on desired application of that space.
One of the ways to achieve these lost qualities is referring to construction methods and technologies. And by considering their detail, material, and also both compatibility and combination, optimal qualities of the contemporary houses would be accomplished. These qualities in vernacular Iranian architecture have been emerged which by paying attention to, we can use them in designing of housing today. Thus, in this article with an exploratory study in relation with the main issue, Bum, The technology and vernacular architecture are discussed and in the continuation, the potentials of vernacular technologies and effect of them on space are examined.
This article by recognizing the potentials of vernacular architecture which are hidden in vernacular technology, is trying to propose various methods in order to achieve designing of spaces with high quality and Iranian identity. Furthermore, this paper wants to answer following questions in general route of the article:
- What are the Potentials of constructional technologies which are effective on the quality of Iranian housing space?
- What is the relationship between technology and space quality? And what amount of undesirability of space quality is related to technology?
- Could promotion of identity and the quality of Iranian dwellings be caused by using the potentials of vernacular technology and construction methods?
Eventually, taking into account all these factors, we will reach the conclusion that, technology is one of the principal elements in increasing quality of designing Iranian house and these methods which are mentioned briefly in this paper must be considered. |
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| Keywords: Technology, Vernacular architecture, Vernacular technology, Housing, Space quality |
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Received: 2011/10/17 | Accepted: 2013/06/18 | Published: 2013/06/18
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