Sharif Motawef - PhD, Urban Planning,
Nasim Tavakoli - MA Reconstruction,

It has seen as a problematic issue following earthquake events, that reconstruction programs are associated with dramatic changes affects building styles of houses and other buildings. Changes affecting buildings usually occur because of changes affecting living style emerge after earthquake events. Some thinkers and researchers saw these changes as necessary phenomenon usually happens after any dramatic changes as earthquakes. Some look at these changes as problems may affect the affected regions as a whole and cause chaos.This paper attempts to examine changes to houses buildings associated with the reconstruction programs aftermath the March 2006 Borujerd Earthquake, in Iran. Conducting a comparison study between changes in Borujerd some other cases such as Turkey, India and Kenya shows that some vital elements such as cultural issues should be considered with any changes to building style after earthquake events. Knowledge of native people can ease coping with side effects of such changes. Important factors such as technological development can help safer transformation from pre-odernization into pro-modernization era.

Building Change Modernization, Earthquake, Reconstruction, Borujerd