2019 Volume 10 Issue 2 Special Issue
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A Look at Vegetation as a Landscaping Factor in the Traditional Houses of the Temperate and Humid Climate of Iran


Nima Shiva, Vahid Ghobadian
Abstract

Architecture is the manifestation of our customs, beliefs, and lifestyle over time. Consequently, we have had the ability to communicate with the different spaces which have been created in different periods, and we feel the closeness toward these spaces, a common feeling that associates green space and landscaping factors and move us toward God and paradise in the minds. In this research, we have tried to investigate the role and state of vegetation as one of the landscaping factors in the traditional houses of the Caspian Sea coast temperate and humid climate, and we want to answer the question “What has been the state and influence of this factor in the lifestyle and spatial experience from the past to now?” We hope that the results of this research will be useful in the present and future buildings.

The current research was done based on field, documentary, and library research methods, and the results indicate that the type of plant and using the courtyard are based on the family’s needs and there is no certain rule in this regard. The productive plants are really important and the factors, such as shadow and positive psychological effects, have increased the importance of this factor.


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