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Scientific Journal of Passive Defence
Vol. 14, No. 3, Autumn 2023, Serial No. 55
ISSN: 2980-8030 , E-ISSN: 2008-6849
This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
license.
Publisher: Imam Hussein University Authors
Design Analysis of Noshabad Owi Underground Complex
from the Perspective of Passive Defense
A. H. Sadeghpour *, B. Alemi , F. Parchebaf Motlagh
* Assistant Professor, Architectural Technology Department, Faculty of Architecture and Art, Kashan University,
Kashan, Iran
(Received: 06/12/2022, Revised: 05/03/2023, Accepted: 02/04/2023, Published: 23/09/2023)
DOR: 20.1001.1.20086849.1402.14.3.6.0
ABSTRACT
Defense architecture is one of the hidden values of historical contexts and passive defense has different
criteria based on the type of use and different dangers in historical periods. Today, with the advancement of
technology and the change of dangers, the principles of passive defense have also changed, but the initial
measures in historical monuments are comparable to the new and modern principles of passive defense.
Noshabad Owi Underground Complex, as a 1400-year-old historical site of which only a limited part has
been identified so far, is an example of past defense architecture and allows the study of passive defense
principles. The purpose of this research is to identify the architectural design in the first part and to analyze
the passive defense arrangements in the Owi underground complex in the second part and to investigate
how these components are used in the design of architectural elements and its spatial organization. In this
article, using descriptive-analytical method and using library resources and field perceptions, while
introducing and recognizing the architectural design of this underground complex, the principles of passive
defense have been studied and its components and aspects using different sources. Has been extracted and
analyzed. The results show that in this underground complex, various techniques and measures in the field
of passive defense have been used in the fields of architecture, structures and facilities in accordance with
the type of hazards and equipment of the past, and this is the intelligence of the predecessors. It shows us
and complete knowledge of the general principles of passive defense from decades ago.
Keywords: Passive Defense, Owi Underground Complex, Noshabad City, Architectural Design
* Corresponding Author Email: sadeghpour@kashanu.ac.ir
6949-2008 | 8030-2980
DOR: 20.1001.1.20086849.1402.14.3.6.0
sadeghpour@kashanu.ac.ir
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