Sustainable street architecture and its effects on human comfort conditions: Yazd, Iran

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dc.contributor.author Yardimli,S.
dc.contributor.author Özer,D.G.
dc.contributor.author Shahriary,A.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-25T12:33:41Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-25T12:33:41Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.department Okan University en_US
dc.department-temp Yardimli S., Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art, Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey; Özer D.G., Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey; Shahriary A., Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Aydın University, Istanbul, Turkey en_US
dc.description.abstract Sustainable development requires continual effort to create solutions for energy efficiency and air conditioning. In this study, we focused on the hot-arid city of Yazd in Iran as an eco-model city in terms of its architectural and design compatibility with the environment. We directed our focus to the orientation of the streets according to the sun and wind. Yazd was studied in terms of features at the urban scale and establishment of sustainability criteria. With its streets providing a natural air conditioning system and dense urban texture, Yazd implemented natural urban solutions allowing streets to reflect wind to increase air circulation and provide protection against the effects of the sun. In order to understand the characteristics of these streets, a case study is conducted in Lab-e Khandagh, Yazd historic district. In this site survey, thermal and humidity measurements were recorded at four points in the Historic City of Yazd, which are located on either Sabats, open streets or squares. The site study is conducted on 3 days apart in a week at summer, five different times in a day. The data is collected with a HTC 2 (Arcone, Made in PRC) device, 120 cm. above ground. The data obtained are evaluated and compared, and showed us traditional urban features provide a cooling effect notably in summer time. Yazd, with its rare urban design features that provide solutions intended to create comfortable, healthy, and sustainable human settlements, is a model in terms of identifying architectural design standards for sustainability. © 2020, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Faculty of Architecture. All rights reserved. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 6
dc.identifier.doi 10.5505/itujfa.2020.70188
dc.identifier.endpage 122 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2564-7474
dc.identifier.issue 2 en_US
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85090690657
dc.identifier.startpage 113 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.5505/itujfa.2020.70188
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/2505
dc.identifier.volume 17 en_US
dc.institutionauthor Yardimli S.
dc.institutionauthor Yardımlı, Seyhan
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Faculty of Architecture en_US
dc.relation.ispartof A/Z ITU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 6
dc.subject Air-conditioning en_US
dc.subject Comfort cones en_US
dc.subject Sabat en_US
dc.subject Sustainability en_US
dc.subject Yazd en_US
dc.title Sustainable street architecture and its effects on human comfort conditions: Yazd, Iran en_US
dc.type Article en_US

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