Publications
"Energy Efficiency and Building's Envelope: An Integrated Approach to High-Performance Architecture"
Urban Planning & Architectural Design for Sustainable Development (UPADSD) – 6th Edition, 14_16 Sep, 2021, Florence, Italy. (Presented)
ABSTRACT:
One of the significant categories that profoundly influence global warming is the building industry. Many measures have been considered to reduce the building industry's impacts on the environment. However, there are still too many problems, especially in the implementation of the Zero Energy Buildings. Thus, in the following research, five green architecture principle categories have been analyzed on the 70 different projects chosen randomly around the world. Moreover, this article illustrates the impacts of green architecture indicators in both existing and designed buildings to find available capacities in various sectors for improving the building industry. As a result, the lack of proper plans for these green initiatives has resulted in arbitrary measures. Therefore, authorities should establish decisive and implemented rules to lead the construction industry to prioritize sustainable principles. Since even in projects concentrated on sustainable regulations were only designed and built based on a few green features, their significant potentials have been missed.
Keywords: Building Envelope ; Conserving Energy ; Green Architecture ; Shell ; Sustainable Building
"High-Performance Envelope: An integrated approach toward suitability for developing countries in a semi-arid climate"
The 4th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environment Engineering, 27_30 August 2021, Florence, Italy. (Accepted)
ABSTRACT:
These days the building sector has attracted decision makers' attention to limit its energy consumptions and GHG emissions in various ways. As buildings account for roughly 30% of the total energy demand globally, using innovative strategies to mitigate the impact of future uncertainties is highly critical. In response to this challenge, this study aimed to develop a method to reduce energy consumption by optimizing the passive shell on buildings. As the case study investigates the impact of this passive system on electricity and gas consumption, a prototype has been simulated in the DisginBuilding software. Using shell as a passive strategy was examined in terms of its material and its distance from exterior walls in an administrative building in Iran. Results showed a notable improvement in long-term energy consumption in summer and winter by adding an optimized shell in the southern façade of the case study and little change in its annual energy consumption.
Keywords: Sustainable buildings, Passive building shell, Administrative buildings, Energy preservation, Building envelope, Electricity costs.
"Evaluating the impact of sunlight on seasonal use of separate sections of ancient houses in Yazd"
6th international Conference on Researches in Science & Engineering & 3rd International Congress on Civil, Architecture and Urbanism in Asia. 03 Feb. 2022, Kasem Bundit University, Bangkok, Thailand. (Accepted)
ABSTACT:
From the beginning of humankind, people always attempted to increase thermal comfort in their houses throughout the year. In fact, due to the lack of technology in the past, architects of those old buildings tried to make maximum use of passive systems. For instance, utilizing sunlight, wind speed, and so on to raise the thermal comfort of the buildings. This article analyzes the effects of sunlight on Yazd's ancient buildings' layout to investigate how houses have been adapted to the hot and dry atmosphere. Those buildings are examined first in terms of rooms' area around the outer Courtyard, inner Courtyard, and the Second Courtyard. Finally, the way rooms received sunlight regarding different sides of the buildings are investigated. Consequently, this project shows that living in Yazd's old houses depends on constructions' orientation and courtyards' orientation towards solar radiation. Moreover, the area of each section of the house is determined based on sunlight which is an identifier to the time that habitats used them and those portion's functions. Thus, those passive approaches in countries like Iran can save plenty of energy for a better future if only they were used in the current building industry.
Keywords: Summer portion, Winter portion, Direct sunlight, Indirect sunlight, Courtyard.
"Comprehensive strategies for optimization e-energy system in different climate zone"
The 4th National Conference on Architecture, Arts and Applications, 2020, Bharath University, Chenai, India. (Published)
ABSTRACT
Dozens of uncontrolled usage of non-renewable energy sources redirect designers to re-think about building design as a complex optimization problem aimed at knowing the best solutions for improving building performance. These strategies not only can be a great help for increasing the sustainability of the building and having e-energy if only they consider the roles of user behavior in preserving energy but they also will reduce the climate change effect. In the following essay, the impact of user behavior upon design factors of building envelope are classified into three main groups (1) thermal comfort which is expressed in two separate parts thermal insulation and thermal mass (2) the next group is about variable points of both opening and shading components since they could manage the amount of light and heat in all seasons of the year, (3) another group illustrates expenses of initial investment and life-cycle costs of the projects. And of course, there are two parts related to the characteristics of the materials and ventilation used in the building, because many of the previous topics have linked to these two issues. As a result, the information would not lead to a reduction in the primary energy demand of building unless with computing and communication technology.
Keywords: E-energy, User behavior, Building envelope, Computing, Comprehensive approach
"Kinetic Architecture: Reinterpreting Persian Mathematics and Astronomy"
eCAADe 36th Annual Conference 2018, Lodz, Poland. 606 | eCAADe 36 – DESIGN CONCEPTS & STRATEGIES | Explorations-Vol.1. (Published)
ABSTRACT
The world where human lives in, is constantly changing. Although it is relatively stable, it retains its dynamism at all era. In order to interact with these conditions, it is necessary for the architect to create an environment with sufficient dynamics based on the needs and behavior of its users. The kinetic architecture allows occupants to experience new environments which could due to raising the efficiency of the building. Since constructions with kinetic elements could serve better utilitarian purposes in different fields.
In the following essay, studies are about using kinetic design and fabrication method in one project despite ordinary ways regard to the two main points; 1. The impact of Khayyam's mathematics and astronomy on the proposed kinetic architecture and 2. Creating interaction Between Indigenous ideas and Contemporary Architecture in Khayyam Memorial Pavilion. As a result, a model is designed and several prototypes have been built which daylight can have an influence on it; meanwhile, it represents different symbols of an Iranian scientist Omar Khayyam.
This essay illustrates that making a connection among architecture and other fields of study could lead designers to be more creative according to the existing limitation in each project; furthermore, architects would control the variety of buildings amenities and it could due to raising the sustainability of the constructions.
Keywords: Kinetic architecture; interactive architecture; Hyperboloid modules; Omar Khayyam.
"Prerequisites for the use of new materials in the historical environment"
Tehran Beautification organization July 2016; Vol.1, No.16, pp. 77-80, Oct 2016. (Published)
ABSTRACT
The old neighborhoods of each city reflect the identity and culture of a community. Thus, by looking at the plans, architectural elements and material of one specific old building can distinguish the location of the house in Iran. As a result, these neighborhoods and buildings must be protected to prevent the demolition of a historic site.
In this regard, this article reviews the materials used in old buildings and explains the negative impact of using modern materials in Tehran's old neighborhood buildings. This article can be a start for comprehensive research to preserve the old neighborhoods of different cities in Iran. Since many of these buildings have now been abandoned or have not been properly rebuilt according to the culture of the local people.
"Modernism Movement and Contemporary Architecture of Iran."
Journal of Iranian-Islamic City; Vol.6, No.21, pp. 19-29, Oct 2015. (Published)
ABSTRACT
Modernism is one of the most important and influential movements in contemporary societies which is the ancestor of the modern lifestyle. The theoretical framework of the subject indicates that modernism has a lot to do with urban development and architecture, especially in Islamic countries as well as the contemporary architecture of developing countries. The reign of the Qajar could be considered as the main origin of modernization of the architecture of Iran.
The aim of this article is to explain the status in which modernism entered into the contemporary architecture of Iran. Based on the theoretical framework of the research, interaction of modernism and architecture could be studied in six categories such as 1-plan 2- façade 3- decorating 4- materials 5 new elements and 6- new space. The main research questions are: 1- How did modernism affect the contemporary architecture of Iran when it entered in Qajar's era? 2- Which of the above-mentioned six issues have been changed in modern movements? And 3- How could the change and continuity process be explained regarding the new generation of modern architecture in Iran? Sixty samples were selected randomly from among the national heritage list of Qajar buildings and were analyzed by a discussion group which includes five architectural experts.
The findings of the study demonstrated that the effect of modern movement on contemporary Iranian architecture deepened based on the matter of time. For example, at the beginning modernized elements appeared in the facade and at the end in architectural design. The gap between the appearance of modern thought and appearance of modern architecture design school called "theoretical reification" which may explain the process in which modern concepts transmitted from thought to architecture in the Qajar era. The results of the paper show that the modern architecture of Iran is based on imported elements from the west.
Keywords: Modernism, Contemporary Iranian Architecture, Contemporary Architecture in development country, Theoretical Reification, Qajar, Islamic Country.