Principles of sustainable architectural design in environmentalprotection

Iranian architecture is deeply symbolic and conceptual, since its foundations are from nature and its forces (light,water, wind and soil), in fact, these matters have been taken care of in the highest degree. Sustainable architectureor environmental architecture is design and construction based on environmental considerations, using indigenousand local materials. Sustainable architecture is one of the important developments in the field of architecture, thepurpose of which is building design based on optimization of energy consumption and sustainability principles.Sustainable architecture does not mean that the building has high resistance or long life, but it means that specialattention is paid to the environment in construction and design is done based on that. Sustainable architecture isactually a subset of sustainable design, which can perhaps be considered as one of the important contemporarycurrents, which is a logical response to the problems of the industrial age. For example, ۵۰% of fuel reserves areconsumed in buildings, which in turn has led to environmental crises. Therefore, the necessity of creating anddeveloping the category of sustainability in architecture is clearly visible. In this article, special attention has beenpaid to the principles of design in sustainable architecture , and we will also review the information using existingdocuments and case examples.

Keywords:

architectural design , sustainable architecture , environmental protection , environmental architecture