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Sustainability in damascene house architecture, as a guide to the development of the contemporary syrian housing
Muhammad Shayah1
,
Mohammadali Khanmohammadi2*
1Ph.D. Student in Architecture, School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
2Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding Author
30 December 2023. pp. 500-518
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Abstract

Traditional housing architecture in Syria carried profound meanings in terms of adaptation and harmony with its surroundings and fulfilled the requirements of its residents. However, the past century imposed rapid life changes that changed housing architecture methods, which led to abandoning traditional architecture instead of developing and reusing it. The buildings lost the identity that they had carried over centuries, and residential models emerged separated from their society. They also failed to respond to the requirements of sustainable development. The most pressing challenge is how to invest this information to develop or innovate a new generation of modern housing that meets the needs of climate design, suits new social lifestyles, and maintains the continuity of the architectural identity of Damascene house architecture. This study, based on field studies and open interviews with residents, conducted a reading of the Damascene House and an analysis of its elements and features that determined its architectural identity and balanced their application, performance, and concepts by the principles and standards called for by sustainable building rating systems. The study concluded that the architecture of the Damascene House adhered to its applications to sustainability principles in its contemporary sense. Accordingly, guidelines were proposed to create architectural models for a Syrian residence with a local identity, making use of the sustainability of the Damascene architecture.

Keywords
sustainability
syrian traditional architecture
damascene house
architecture identity
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  • Publisher :Sustainable Building Research Center (ERC) Innovative Durable Building and Infrastructure Research Center
  • Publisher(Ko) :건설구조물 내구성혁신 연구센터
  • Journal Title :International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development
  • Volume : 14
  • No :4
  • Pages :500-518
  • Received Date : 2023-10-26
  • Accepted Date : 2023-12-14
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.22712/susb.20230039
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