Cultural influence in Architecture: Admin

Use of Clusters of buildings that are rectangular in shape from master planning to unit level.

Cultural influence in Architecture: Admin Use of court-yards as a main layout to arrange rooms and space in individual

units or planning level.

Cultural influence in Architecture: Admin

Architectural vocabulary include wind catchers to provide natural ventilation. They are designed in such a way to regulate air temperature and air quality:

Wind catchers have thick walls with thermal mass, this makes it regulate air temperatures summertime and wintertime.

Cultural influence in Architecture: Admin

Using screens like meshes t filter dust, insects or birds or wet filters to cool the air.

Sometimes add charcoal to filter bad odder.

Adding water sprinkler in the air passage in the middle or end of the air catcher will enhance further the cooling experience for the air.

Having a slopping roof cover for the air catcher between 35-45 to increase air movement into the catcher passage.

Cultural influence in Architecture: Admin.

In some parts of Iran they used the combination of wind catchers and underground roof to produce Ice in sub grade water tanks.

Cultural influence in Architecture: Admin

Use of shading devices including ( Mashrabia).