Abstract
After industrial revolution many of visionaries deal with technology in underdeveloped communities; but dealing with technology did not lead to preserving identity and culture in cities and caused unconsidered deployment of technology for response to construction needs and made environmental damages. Today, the lack of attention to the cultural aspects of the architecture in developing countries is become a common issue .This despite the fact that many of these countries, such as Iran, have rich culture and glorious history in art, engineering and architecture. So, extensive study on Iranian Traditional architecture and its technologic solutions to solve ecological issues in a cultural context have been carried out. This paper aims to find how technology and ecology were influenced by Iranian culture and how come together in contemporary architecture. This investigation was carried out based on library and field studies. Here, the concept of sustainability and position of ecology, technology and culture in it, Relationship between culture and eco-tech architecture in developing countries will be explained. Then, Iranian traditional architecture and its eco-technologic solutions in a cultural context will be discussed.
Highlights
The concept of Eco-Technology was raised in 1990 and under the influence of the ‘Our Common Future’ report
Since the presentation of Our Common Future, ‘sustainable development’ is a leading concept in policies related to the environment[2]
According to Straskraba’s definition, Eco-technology is the use of technological means for ecosystem management based on deep understanding of principles on which natural ecological systems are built and on the transfer of such principles into ecosystem management in a way to minimize the costs of the measures and their harm to the global environment[3]
Summary
The concept of Eco-Technology was raised in 1990 and under the influence of the ‘Our Common Future’ report. In this report that published in 1987, sustainable development was specified as ‘‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’’1. Since the presentation of Our Common Future, ‘sustainable development’ is a leading concept in policies related to the environment[2]. According to Straskraba’s definition, Eco-technology is the use of technological means for ecosystem management based on deep understanding of principles on which natural ecological systems are built and on the transfer of such principles into ecosystem management in a way to minimize the costs of the measures and their harm to the global environment[3]. Study on different communities and their ecological history demonstrate that concepts of ‘sustainable development’ and ‘eco-technology’ are influenced by Feizabadi et al, Curr.
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