Solmaz Ahmadi Barough - Instructor of Payam Noor University of Zanjan, department of architecture and urbanism
Elmira Ebrahimi - Instructor of Payam Noor University of Zanjan, department of architecture and urbanism

As schools are effective factors on human being life and contain great educational process, suitable designate based on behavioral patterns of students seems more significant. Moreover, since natural environments include educational value by nature, student's communication in schools with natural environment must be supported. Thus, patterns determination on about school`s landscaping in Zanjan has been studied. Therefore, three schools of both two regions of Zanjan have been selected and visited. Field studies show that there are major problems and weak points in current approach of school designs. To encounter practically, landscape of a school for the first phase of the study has been in agenda based on not only current environmental and climate circumstances but also updated standards and rules with an approach of sustainable development in Zanjan, a mountainous city as case study.

schools campus, environmental indicators of campus, sustainable landscape principles, Zanjan schools