Daniel Motallebzadeh - M.S in Architecture Candidate, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
Nasim Bagherzadeh - M.S in Architecture Candidate, Department of Architecture, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University
Lachin Topchilari

In the long term, sustainable design is not an option it will be an obligation because of we have destroyed the source, water and ground. Nowadays environment and sustainable architecture’s purpose is creation sustainable and organized balance between nature, creatures, and artificial environment. Contextualism, a trend in thinking in the later parts of 20th century, came from the desire to resolve the problems regarding harmony with the environment and the placement of new buildings within historical surroundings that was apparent throughout the postmodern period. Contextual architecture, or contextualism, can be defined as the architecture that responds to the specific physical characteristics of its site. Since, pay attention to context, texture and relation between environment with space have emphasized is original architecture characteristics Kazaj village that with understanding the message his bed has formed. The purpose of study is to definition of contextualism concept and close approach connected to role of it in architecture and surveying all effective features of context on Kazaj village (located in the southern province of Ardabil ( by analyzing and investigating it. Research methodology in this research With regard to the topic of discussion is descriptive and area study. The result that comes from this investigation offer that in contextualism architecture, any building design based on using of Climatic, Historical, Sociable, Physical, and Cultural aspects. Context architecture, understanding of environment and receive message from texture is important principles of sustainable architecture.

Contextualism, Sustainable Architecture, Kazaj Village