Designing in the texture of historic villages with an infill architectural approach Case study: Designing of ecotourism and tourism accommodation in Sopurghan village in Urmia County

Infill architecture has always been considered as a practical approach to create new structures to provide usable spaces in historical textures, which in addition to meeting the needs of contemporary era and strengthening the intrinsic values of a place; the development of these centers also plays a key role. This approach, which originated from urban development trends, can also be used as a design keyword in the historical textures of villages. By the introduction of the concept of sustainability into the category of rural heritage protection; it is necessary to develop a design planning agenda in the texture of historical villages to take advantage of existing infrastructure and capacities. Thus, this study seeks to answer the question of how to intervene in the historical and traditional texture of historical villages according to the infill architectural approach? Assuming that the application of the model can affect the effective multifaceted factors on the design in the rural texture and without its application, many important and necessary components will not be included in the process, which can cause problems in this regard. The main purpose of this research is to obtain a model agenda for planning the design of infill building in the texture of historical villages and its application in a case study. The present study is applied-developmental research. In addition, it is descriptive-analytical research in terms of nature. Also, it is in the group of qualitative-quantitative researches. Library, documentary and field studies have been exerted to collect and compile information. The most important findings and conclusions of the research are the presentation of the design agenda model based on the principles of infill architecture in the texture of historical villages which after assessing the situation and analyzing the data based on comprehensive physical information, architecture as well as formal, environmental, climatic patterns and interpretation of the new building plan, is introduced. In order to test; this model has been used to design ecotourism and tourism accommodation in Sopurghan village of Urmia city. This research has achieved qualitative results through the application of quantitative methods, which in addition to preserving the valuable architectural heritage of the field and in harmony with its nature, can also play an essential role in economic, social and environmental prosperity and providing local resources in these centers and preparing a suitable platform for design in other valuable villages.