Environmental Quality Analysis of Interior Spaces for Local Housing in Mountainous Regions of Guilan with an Emphasis on Thermal Comfort (The Case Study: Dowsaledeh Village, Rudbar)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Farnaz Farasati ¹ , Farhang Mozaffar ² , Farshad Nasrollahi ³ , Nasrollah Molaei Hashjin ⁴

1 - Ph. D Candidate in Architecture, Art University of Esfahan, Esfahan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Dep. of Architecture and Urban Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Dep. of Architecture and Urban Design, Art University of Esfahan, Esfahan, Iran
4 - Professor, Dep. of Geography, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

Received: 2017-09-21 Accepted : 2017-12-25 Published : 2018-05-22

Keywords: Thermal Comfort, interior spaces, mountainous regions,

Abstract :

since old times, human beings have been making shelters to deal with external factors and live with comfort. Later, scientists found that the higher the quality of the interior spaces of made environment be, ranging from cooling or thermal comfort, audio and even better interior ventilation, it will have a significant role in physical and, mental health of the residents.  Because of the ruggedness and impassibility of the most mountainous regions, providing thermal comfort with fossil fuels needs electricity and gas grid, which is difficult to achieve, and is not cost-effective. On the other hand, making roads and power grids equals subsequent loss of hectares of forests and consequently tens of plant and animal species. Due to lack of this comfort, forest and mountain dwellers and tribal people are forced to wander and immigrate unplanned to urban and suburban areas, which in turn have grounded serious problems. Accordingly, this article pays special attention to the indoor thermal comfort in mountainous settlements. The case study is located in Dowsaledeh village (Khorgam, Rudbar) and the main questions that are answered in this research are:  A. how can dominant native rural settlements of mountainous areas of Guilan be studied in terms of thermal comfort during a year on valid scientific methods? And B. In what period of a year do these settlements provide suitable thermal comfort and at what times will it be difficult?

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