Abstract

A comprehensive look toward sustainable architecture reaches us to this point that it can typically account as the climatically responsive architecture. A general review of the Iranian traditional architecture principles indicates the dominant effects of natural environmental factors on above-mentioned principals. Climatic factors can be considered as the most significant component in natural environment that has a leading influence on the formation of Iran’s architecture principles. As in some cases, forming factors merely serve a climatically responsive function and utterly shaped according to natural environmental factors. Aim of this research is to analyze Iran’s traditional architecture strategies on the basis of sustainable architectural principals as a contemporary paradigm and the fact that how these strategies with their specific functions achieve sustainable architectural goals. In accordance with expansion of plateau plains hot-arid regions as the outstanding district of our country was considered in this paper. The research also demonstrated how responsive these strategies are to climatic conditions (Climatically Responsive Function). Since presented specifications achieve the goals of sustainable architecture, Iran’s traditional architecture in hot-arid climate can be stated a sustainable architecture.