THE PRINCIPLES OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE EFFECT IN IMPROVING THERMAL COMFORT (FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOT AND DRY CLIMATE OF IRAN)

Although today the issue of sustainability has attracted the attention of architects and urban planners, but a brief observation of contemporary architecture shows that in practice, buildings rely on the power of technology to meet human needs, and the capabilities of climate and environment in meeting human needs have been neglected in the construction of buildings. While the traditional architecture of Iran in ancient times has always brought thermal comfort to its residents. The coordination of building principles with climatic conditions has resulted in environmental comfort, saving energy and controlling environmental conditions.Therefore, reinterpretation of these features can be used in contemporary architecture as rich patterns of past architecture. The issue raised here is the capacities of native architecture for use in modern architecture. This research, with descriptive and analytical method With a practical purpose and with the method of qualitative and quantitative inference , a field analysis of native houses in the hot and dry climate of Iran (a case study on the houses of Yazd city) was carried out, and data collection was done with the help of library studies and field observation. The findings of the research show that in many cases, native housing patterns of hot and dry climates have a significant effect on improving the thermal comfort of building users.