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Evaluating the relationship between built environment and salutogenic approach based on socioeconomic status in Shiraz, Iran

GeoJournal, Feb 19, 2024

Journal of Design and Built Environment

This review is about biophilic design and architecture, definitions, implications and application... more This review is about biophilic design and architecture, definitions, implications and application. Scan books and studies have illustrated that the existence of terms ‘Biophilic’ and ‘Architecture’ in tandem is dramatically low, and it seems that there is no commonly agreed definition of biophilic architecture among researchers and professionals. Therefore, it has attempted to refine the concept of biophilic design in architecture, and clarifying ambiguities. The authors employed a systematic literature review methodology to synthesize research. The search results included 112 studies in the past 35 years(1984 – March 2020). Finally, 45 papers and books on the biophilic architecture were evaluated and analyzed accurately based on the leading purpose of this review study. Biophilic architecture(BA) inherently seeks to establish a reconnection between human beings and nature, and its main purpose is to promote human health and well-being. Implementation of BA should be done accordin...

Analyzing the Effects of Streetscape and Land Use on Urban Accidents and Predicting Future Accidents by Using Machine Learning Algorithms (Case Study: Mashhad)

Course Syllabus Content Analysis of Landscape Architecture Based on Systemic Approach in Landscape Education & Design

Students’ Site Content Analysis Using Snapshot Photography (Comparative Study of Iran & Turkey)

Residence Perception of Urban High Rise Buildings’ scape, Case Study: Shiraz Chamran Hotel

Journal of Iranian Architecture Studies, Aug 10, 2013

Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, May 17, 2022

In some respects, human communities have been sustainably adapted to live in urban areas, but sus... more In some respects, human communities have been sustainably adapted to live in urban areas, but sustainable coexistence with the water cycle has not been fully achieved. In this paper, to mitigate urbanizations' adverse effects, the water sensitive urban design (WSUD) approach, for the first time, is studied through the lens of social considerations. Stakeholder analysis and social network analysis concepts are considered to scrutinize the WSUD approach's role in an urban multi-stakeholder area. Detecting the changing of the stakeholders' powers and interests in an urban area using stakeholder analysis and enlightening the conflicting relationships between the stakeholders using social network analysis, the role of the WSUD approach is emphasized as a dispute resolution method. The western part of Tehran city is considered a case study. WSUD tools are considered using a physical-behavioral simulation model. The results indicate conflicts between developing and protecting stakeholders, requiring the WSUD approach.

Multi-objective optimization of natural surveillance and privacy in early design stages utilizing NSGA-II

Automation in Construction, Nov 1, 2022

Journal of Iranian Architecture Studies, Jan 10, 2019

Contemporary Approaches to Environmental Studies of Urban Open Spaces

Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Jun 4, 2016

Unfortunately, with the development of cities and arrival of modernism, the past function of spac... more Unfortunately, with the development of cities and arrival of modernism, the past function of spaces like urban squares has changed and lost its real concept. The arrival of modernism to Iran has influenced the spatial organization of Tehran since the late Qajar era. To clarify these changes, the present study aims to compare Isfahan style and Tehran style to show the evolution of squares from the Safavid to the first Pahlavi era. This study was performed in an interpretativehistorical method and focused on squares in two styles of Isfahan and Tehran. In this study, Inductive and comparative approaches and the case studies of each style were used for interpretations and conclusions.

A Proposed Mechanism for Bridging Landscape Architects and Urban Designers in Common Areas

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Aim of this paper is to recognize the content & history of vertical urban design as a new theory ... more Aim of this paper is to recognize the content & history of vertical urban design as a new theory of urban design that was result of the lack of appropriate construction areas and the related urban problems. Because of this aim, investigation of Tehran conditions as a case of implementation with this approach is the other result of this article. The comparative content analysis of publications & analytical approach with the base of grounded theory is method of this research. In this regard, some related terms such as vertical landscape, sustainable skyscrapers, ecologic urbanism and ecologic design came up with attitude of vertical urban design. The research findings show that the terms of ecologic sustainability as well as vertical development for maximum use of sky space are considered as the main subject of the mentioned attitude. In the next step, conditions and realities of Tehran as an Asian metropolitan comparing with vertical urban design features investigated and results obtained. Finally the proposed pattern for consideration of this approach in Tehran presented. In this model, the six macro zones of proposed Tehran master plan selected and presented as a mathematical function.

Urban Design and Landscape Architecture are designated as new arts /sciences that are formed thro... more Urban Design and Landscape Architecture are designated as new arts /sciences that are formed through a combination of different artistic and scientific disciplines. The formal emergence of urban design happened in 1960's while landscape architecture existed from the beginning of 20 th century. Success of these fields even after a century can mainly attributed to their focus on environmental quality of public realms in cities. The modernity of these two fields and activities regarding their goal and their view towards the aspects of the public domain, have resulted in ambiguous definitions which have made distinguishing them difficult. This article reviews the background features of the two fields such as definitions and approaches to understanding concepts and signifies the separating and identification points with suitable suggestions at the end. The results of this work show that the differences of the two fields, are related to the "scale and functional domain", "intrinsic emphases on particular environmental variables" and their "backgrounds". The identification points also depend on their association with architecture, urbanism and environmental design and management as the most important task.

Evaluation of the quality of participatory landscape perception in neighborhoods of cultural landscape to achieve social sustainability

Aestimum, Feb 16, 2023

Space Ontology International Journal, Dec 1, 2021

Novel and advanced daylighting strategies and systems can noticeably decrease artificial lighting... more Novel and advanced daylighting strategies and systems can noticeably decrease artificial lighting consumption and considerably improve light quality in the interior environments. In modern architecture, employment of rooflights is prevalent since they transmit daylight into deep plans or spaces lacking facade. Although, the use of this system is more common in temperate and cold climates, because of its severe thermal effects, it can be used in all the climates by innovative design strategies. Proper design of rooflights can significantly reduce energy use of lighting, heating, and cooling. Accordingly, the present study was designed to present an overview of toplighting field surveys conducted between 1984 and 2021. In this review study, analytical methods, efficient design parameters, and their effects on daylight and energy performance of the rooflights were investigated. These parameters include rooflight and indoor environmental conditions. Reviewed studies have utilized various methods such as analytical formulae, computer simulation, and experimental designs to investigate performance of the rooflight. The key point is finding or designing a proper state of toplighting in order to increase energy efficiency of the building while improving visual comfort. Also, studying effective rooflight design parameters presents practical guidelines for future studies.

Non-pharmacological treatment of color, illumination, type, and texture of environmental materials on people with dementia Alzheimer type

Advances in Cognitive Science, May 10, 2019

Introduction: This interdisciplinary article is conducted to investigate the effects of the three... more Introduction: This interdisciplinary article is conducted to investigate the effects of the three components of colour, illumination, type, and texture of environmental materials on people with dementia of Alzheimer’s type with a neuropsychological approach. The aim of this article is to respond to the environmental needs of these patients to reduce cognitive impairment, and behavioural disorders and improve their daily living activities. Method: is conducted by inductive qualitative content analysis method based on the narrative review from 1970 to 2017. Down and Black checklist for quality assessment is used to include interventional research. Results: while colour and illumination are classified into four categories, type and texture of environmental materials are categorized into two groups.Conclusion: cross-case analysis and comparative analysis showed that type, color, temperature, and illumination have non-pharmacological treatment on people with dementia and Alzheimer disease. Also, the type and texture of environmental materials have an important role in their desired and/or undesirable mental and visual perception, rather than on their physiological state. The synergistic effect of color, illumination, type and texture of environmental materials can enhance the semantic environmental perception of people with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Iran University of Science & Technology, 2015

This paper classifies green envelopes as green roofs and green walls according to effective facto... more This paper classifies green envelopes as green roofs and green walls according to effective factors, which were derived from literature to compare the green envelopes’ thermal and energy performance in a more effective way. For this purpose, an extensive literature review was carried out by searching keywords in databases and studying related journal papers and articles. The research method for this study was bibliographic and logical reasoning. The paper proposes five classification factors: contextual factors, greenery factors, scale factors and surface and integration factors. It also demonstrates the influence of physical and geometrical properties of plants and their supporting structures on the thermal performance of green envelopes. The paper argues that climatic conditions also have an important role on the thermal behavior of green envelopes and it determines the types of greenery integration into building envelopes.

Promoting the Tourism Space of Tellow Lake Based on Ecological, Aesthetics and Social Approaches

Designers draw diagrams to think about architectural concepts and design concerns. Scientists are... more Designers draw diagrams to think about architectural concepts and design concerns. Scientists are interested in programming computers to recognize and interpret design diagrams to deliver appropriate tools for the design task at hand. Researchers conducted empirical studies to find out if designers share drawing conventions when designing. The experiment results show that designers use different diagramming conventions when thinking about different design concerns. This paper discusses the use of freehand diagrams and sketches in architectural design. It examines the roles of diagrams in various contexts: pedagogical books, design studies, designers' introspective accounts and empirical studies of drawing in design. It offers several examples of thinking with diagrams in design and concludes with a discussion of the requirements for computational support for the diagrams in design thinking.

Evaluating the relationship between built environment and salutogenic approach based on socioeconomic status in Shiraz, Iran

GeoJournal, Feb 19, 2024

Journal of Design and Built Environment

Analyzing the Effects of Streetscape and Land Use on Urban Accidents and Predicting Future Accidents by Using Machine Learning Algorithms (Case Study: Mashhad)

Course Syllabus Content Analysis of Landscape Architecture Based on Systemic Approach in Landscape Education & Design

Students’ Site Content Analysis Using Snapshot Photography (Comparative Study of Iran & Turkey)

Residence Perception of Urban High Rise Buildings’ scape, Case Study: Shiraz Chamran Hotel

Journal of Iranian Architecture Studies, Aug 10, 2013

Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, May 17, 2022

Multi-objective optimization of natural surveillance and privacy in early design stages utilizing NSGA-II

Automation in Construction, Nov 1, 2022

Journal of Iranian Architecture Studies, Jan 10, 2019

Contemporary Approaches to Environmental Studies of Urban Open Spaces

Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Jun 4, 2016

A Proposed Mechanism for Bridging Landscape Architects and Urban Designers in Common Areas

Evaluation of the quality of participatory landscape perception in neighborhoods of cultural landscape to achieve social sustainability

Aestimum, Feb 16, 2023

Space Ontology International Journal, Dec 1, 2021

Non-pharmacological treatment of color, illumination, type, and texture of environmental materials on people with dementia Alzheimer type

Advances in Cognitive Science, May 10, 2019

Iran University of Science & Technology, 2015

Promoting the Tourism Space of Tellow Lake Based on Ecological, Aesthetics and Social Approaches

Architecture precedents are important sources to educate architecture students. Inappropriate use... more Architecture precedents are important sources to educate architecture students. Inappropriate use of precedents may lead to design fixation. The use of precedents is common in architectural design and there is no clear difference between copy and inspiration. Therefore it is important to know what the true mapping is and how we can evaluate the relation between precedent and design outcome.
In this paper with the aim to recognize the true mapping, we describe the different mapping models and analyze those based on bloom taxonomy from remember layer to understand, apply, analyze and create layers. Based on this model 20 steps must be done: recognizing, recalling, remember, interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, explaining, executing, implanting, differentiating, organizing, attributing, checking, critiquing , generating, planning and producing. The Eilouti model is more comprehensive than others and comprise all layers, but it is a complicated model and difficult to reuse by educators. The models compared based on new findings of design theories. Six models are categorized in normative models and one is categorized empirical. Therefore there is no mapping model based on studding the design behavior of expert designers, observing designers during design process and interacting between designer and design idea presentation. Thus none of these models didn’t use by other researchers or in architecture education. But visual analogy model became an educational method because of its empirical merit.
We investigated all different methods that evaluate relation between precedent and design idea. There are two approaches, first approach evaluate idea without considering precedent. In this approach good idea is creative ones and four creativity parameters, novelty, quality, quantity and diversity, are evaluated in qualitative, quantitative, or synthesis methods. Second approach evaluates design idea in comparison with precedent based on originality, design fixation and similarity type definitions. Some evaluation methods such as quantity, diversity or repeated ideas are used in conditions that designers produced all possible ideas and are not usable in normal conditions. Some methods need to predict all possible solutions by researcher and count all precedent features that almost impossible in architectural design. Therefore most of the quantitative methods are not usable in architectural education and qualitative methods based on expert judges are preferred.
We presented four mapping definitions based on four different approaches, mapping process, creative idea, design fixation, and structural mapping. For every definition there is an evaluation method. The comprehensive definition is offered that true mapping is going beyond levels of thinking and achieve creation level that leads to structural similarity and enhances novelty and quality of design idea. The similarity between source and idea and novelty and quality of idea must be evaluated based on this definition. Knowing the true definition and having a mapping process model cannot guarantee the design results. Students copy the source examples because lack of design ability, idea presentation skills or ideation ability. Thus there is need to purposeful and designed practices to help students. Finding educational ways to enhance students’ ability in true mapping are recommended for Future studies.