The Role of Environment and Livelihoods in the formation of Vernacular Houses in the Area of Talesh.

Subject Areas : Architecture and urbanization

Mohammad Mohammadzadeh Dogaheh ¹ , Hossein Soltanzadeh ² , Javad Shekari Nayerri ³ , Teimour Amar ⁴

1 - Ph. D Candidate of Architecture, Dept. of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Associate professor Dept. of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor Dept. of Conservation of Architectural Heritage, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
4 - Associate professor Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

Received: 2019-07-27 Accepted : 2020-10-11 Published : 2022-01-21

Keywords: "Environment and Architecture", " Vernacular Architecture", "The effect of livelihood on the house", "Vernacular houses of Talesh",

Abstract :

The study of the role of the environment and habitat in the formation of vernacular houses in Talesh is the subject of this research. The importance of this issue is because that there is not still enough research on the architecture of this area. The aim of this study is to understand how the environment and livelihood affect the architecture of houses. the main question of this research is that what is the role of environmental factors and the type of livelihood in the formation of houses in this region? Research method is descriptive and analytical and the data collection has been done in the form of field and documentary.The direct variables are the environment and livelihood and the architecture of vernacular houses is the dependent variable in the research. The statistical population is Talesh area and the sampling method is quota. The results of the research shows that the number of service spaces outside the building in foothills are more than the plain and the mountainous but the extent and the space of the area in the plain houses are higher than the foothills and mountains. The average floor area of the ground floor in the total area in the plain area is more than foothills and mountains but the average area of the porch and first floor spaces in the plain is more than the foothills and mountains and the average space of livestock spaces and warehouses in the mountains are more than the plains and foothills, respectively.

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