The Study of the Relationship between Sustainable Architecture and Vernacular Architecture in the North of Iran

Abstract

This study investigates sustainable architecture and reasons of its usage. Architecture is under influence of a range of socio-economic aspects including but not limited environmental, social, cultural, economical problems and the connection between these issues as well as fashion, religion, climate, and etc. Concerning vernacular architecture and introducing the unseen principles of sustainable architecture in it, are an effective method in order to introduce sustainable architecture, so it will cause renewed focusing on vernacular architecture and through using it converts architectural topics to the modern and international issues. Of course, vernacular architecture was sustainable in its own time and place, so it’s pointless to renouncing it. The north Iranian architecture is a kind of architecture that has maintained its basis of nativism. Principles of sustainable architecture is considered in it, which is studied in this article. This descriptive study’s results let us know the important role of North Iranian vernacular architectures in creating a sustainable approach in architecture.