Abstract:
Visual comfort is one of the most important issues and concerns of architects, urban designers,
urban planners, landscape architects, designers and environmental psychologists. Enhancing the visual quality of the city and the welfare of citizens is more than a matter of planning and urban design; and now, the orientation of urban planning in its various fields is achieving sustainable development. Iranian architecture, in spite of the multiplicity, diversity, and complexity of the buildings is an example of sustainable architecture design. 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. This paper is seeking to promote the welfare of visual comfort of citizens in the use of stable patterns through an analytical approach with the aim of clarifying the status of Iranian architecture as a model for sustainable architecture. 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.
Machine summary:
"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."