The Role of Structure Novelty of Sustainable Urban Form in Energetic Cities (Case studies of Masdar and Bushehr cities)

Bushehr and Masdar are two of the most famous cities in warm and humid climate which are situated in the same macro climate of Persian Gulf region. This research tries to discuss one of the most important themes which threats the sustainability and comfortability of tomorrow’s life. Analyzing Bushehr and Masdar as energetic cities was an effective way of finding the cities problems and the result led to the presentation of a more comprehensive pattern for planning an energetic city in warm and humid climate. For this purpose main questiones were found worthy of investigation: What characteristics should be presented in designing an energetic city?, What are the aims of changing a city into an energetic city?, In this paper we provide a model which responds to the sustainability of Bushehr and Masdar. This model uses five levels of activities, with each level responding to at least two significant characteristics of an energetic city with regard to the compact urban form. Ultimately the presented model was confirmed by the Delphi s Experts Panel and the model was used to clarify the superiority of the analyzed energetic cities.

Keywords:

Sustainable design , Urban form , Energetic city , Delphi’s Panel