Sajede Kharabati

• Master of Architecture
• Instructor of Architecture at University of Shahrood

The "flexibility" concept has been long considered in Iranian rural houses. However, nowadays, changes in socioeconomic structure have led to extensive evolutions in the architectural pattern of rural housing, and less attention has been paid to the "flexibility" concept. Moreover, the architecture of old rural housing includes several valuable cha...

The concept of sustainability has long characterized the rural architecture of Iran. However, today, social and economic changes have brought about developments in rural architecture, as modern villages have focused less on the concept of sustainability. Old rural architecture has valuable sustainability indicators which can be utilized in new desi...

The risk of deterioration and destruction threatens valuable traditional housing in the historical texture of villages. Identifying the architectural types of historical houses and analyzing their sustainability are necessary to protect traditional architectural values and use them in contemporary housing designs. While there are many studies on th...

Rural housing, especially in the past, was a symbol of identity, and it reflected social, cultural, economic, and climatic structures of each region. Extensive changes, however, have been created in the architecture of rural housings such that most new rural houses are not well adapted to the rural lifestyle and the climatic and the biological cond...

Iran's rural architecture, in terms of function and fulfillment of human needs, provides a homogeneous complex with a special physical identity, which originates from the concept of dwelling in the village and rural lifestyle. The advent of modern technologies in rural life has changed the socio-economic structures in villages, making the architect...

Background: Satisfaction with neighborhood environment in historic quarters is a major indicator of livability and urban quality of life in these quarters, yet little research has been conducted on neighborhood satisfaction in historic contexts of Iranian cities. This descriptive-analytical study aimed to evaluate the level of the neighborhood (out...

The Iranian architecture principles have been derived from the culture and values of this country. These principles have existed in rural housing in Iran in the past. Nonetheless, today, social and economic developments have created changes in the pattern of rural housing architecture, and less attention has been paid to the principles of Iranian a...

Problem statement: Flexibility is one of the significant concepts in traditional Iranian architecture and Its role is highlited especially in educational spaces due to crutial need of people.Today, however, the role of flexibility in new schools has diminished. Meanwhile, the architecture of traditional Iranian schools has valuable indicators in te...

The goal of this project is to achieve a green school with a modern education approach to create a dynamic learning process in line with a close harmony with the topography of the site in order to establish a close relationship between students and nature. The project is inspired by the traditional architecture of Iranian housing and the central co...

Rural communities, especially in the past, have been a symbol of identity and represented social, cultural, economic and climatic stability in the region. Nowadays however, with the ever-expanding technology, there have been widespread changes in the social and economic structure of the villages, in a way which today's villages are no longer in lin...

Climate conditions play a more prominent role in shaping rural residences. But today, with the passage of time and the spread of technology, there has been a great change in rural residences and little attention has been paid to climate features. This has caused today's villages to be incompatible with the climate, culture, and rural lifestyle. In...

The village is a minor and upright habitat which the life of human societies depends on. Nowadays, increasing rural immigration has been many effects in villages such as reducing household incomes there and agricultural activities. Therefore, alternative and complementary activities for agriculture has been needed. Meanwhile, paying attention to th...

Mahdi-Shahr Primary School project is located on a land area of 5000 square meters with natural topography, next to the residential complex of Enghlab. The goal of this project is to achieve a green school with a modern education approach to create a dynamic learning process in line with a close harmony with the topography of the site in order to e...

Open spaces in residential areas are places for events and social interactions thus they become meaningful by people presence and their activities. Paying attention to effective factors in creating a sense of attachment to these areas not only can create an emotional attachment between people and that place but also has an impressive role in increa...

The historic context of each city embodies the culture and collective memories of its inhabitants. However, some of these historic contexts have been on the verge of destruction due to wear and tear, loss of urban life, and a fading emotional attachment of citizens to them. This has led to many residents changing their place of residence to new con...

Student housing is the most essential need for non-native students. By entering dormitories and being away from their families, they lose a significant portion of the social support from their native families and communities, and are faced with feelings of loneliness, alienation, detachment, and lack of attachment to the new environment. In this re...

Urban public space, a place for social relationships and interactions with human presence and activity does find him. Urban squares are part of the city's public spaces that have different dimensions of semantic, functional and physical can play an important role in improving the quality of urban spaces. Due to factors in creating a sense of belong...

Open spaces in residential areas can play an important role in creating attachment and vitality of neighborhoods. Satisfaction of the residents from these open spaces has highlighted more this role and is effective in increasing the participation of residents. This research aimed assess the satisfaction of residents of open spaces in residential ar...

Historical textures and its valuable historical buildings, places of accumulation of traditions and public memory of people that some of them gradually because of fatigue, lack of urban life and the fading of attachment to their citizens have taken to the destruction and needs to maintain, respect and revitalization are. Fade citizen's attachment t...