The influence of weather on urban form(case study: yazd city)

We have many theories and trends in this field Man’s relationship with the environmentrefer to the importance of knowing the impact of the environmental dimension of urbanplanning and architecture.architecture it is only honest mirror reflecting our environment and our surroundingsand our reality in all its different elements from the atmosphere and climate andfeatures Geography and established principles for architecture .In our country, the existence of different climates are the effective factors.The aim of this paper is to study the effect of climates on the shape of architecture and city designs in Iran shot and dry areas.Dry and warm regions which are also called plateau plains form a major part of our country. They aresignificantly in eastern and central regions and generally involve one seventh of total area of Iran. Therefore itwill be evident that study of urban planning and architecture of these regions is necessary. Such studies createvarious complicated factors related to architecture and urban planning. Partial knowledge of these formingfactors and their effects is essential to understand appropriately physical construction and identification of realspatial values.In summary, this paper presents a study on the effects of climate factors on architectural composition of Iran s hot climate and ancient cities, Yazd. Iranian architects precisely identify this climate and take some innovations to provide comfort for residents of these regions as much as possible.

کلیدواژه ها:

urban form ، urban planning and architecture ، climate ، hot and dry