abstract   iran has many historic cities and villages with economic, historic and cultural values facing with many seismic faults. there have been no comprehensive studies about reducing the vulnerability of the historic villages, and the available documents describe the retrofitting experiments only about the single buildings.  lack of a comprehensive look at the subject leads to the loss of t...

This paper discusses the need for an adaptive and iterative process for the design of ordinary domestic buildings that meet human needs. The approach described here is to use Pattern Languages as fitness criteria to guide an iterative design optimisation. To complement this, a Form Language for domestic buildings is proposed that is physically buildable, sufficiently flexible, and suitable for ...

based on writing of tabari as well as other historical researches, mihr narseh, prime minister of bahram v (421-439 ad) founded a number of buildings in the province of ardashir khorrah. among public utility buildings, he built four fire temples in four villages in baryn plains of the same province. the current paper tries to find the exact locations of those temples based on references availab...

The recreation of historical battles next to old buildings, walls, churches, fortifications or historical facades belonging to the historical heritage of a city, has always been a source of controversy and discussion. In the absence of a clear legislation about how these buildings can be affected by the use of blunderbusses and pyrotechnics, it is necessary to carry out practical experiments to...

This paper depicts the use of computers in the urban studies, and provides a digital way of understanding historical buildings and the relations with the city. ADiscovery of Historical TainanB is a joint project among historians and Ž . computer-aided design CAD researchers to preserve historical evidences of the central city of Tainan by using computer visual simulation. The importance of hist...

Latest European Union programs related to energy efficiency underline the need for retrofitting existing buildings, which are responsible for 40% of EU final energy consumption. Although new buildings can be constructed with high performance levels, the majority of the building stock, characterized by a low energy performance, still needs renovation. Thanks to its potential to deliver high ener...