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Overview of Traditional Architecture in Houses
Traditional architecture of hot and dry cities has been divided into two styles of Introvert and Eccentric. Evaz has introvert style. In this style, yard is located in the middle of the house and rooms
are located around the courtyard, which is almost square shape (Fig.4).

Figure 4: courtyard from the top view, Alipour house, in south of Iran (Nobahar 2015)
Because of the hot weather conditions and strong radiation of sun, lighting design was in a way to
have shades and indirect natural light for interior spaces (EPNU 2010). Most of the skylights were
made from rock and plaster. In addition to add a beauty and shine to the room, glass door were
designed with colorful glass pieces to adjust the interior light (Fig.5).

Figure 5: Historic house of Sodagar in Evaz
Ceiling of the ancient houses were flat and built with wooden beams. The beams were made
from Tamarisk and palm tree, which are popular and grow well in the warm climate. In the middle
of the ceiling, there was design of diamond, geometric shapes with paintings and colors, which
made the design special and beautiful (Fig.6 and Fig.7).

Vernacular architecture of south of Iran, Evaz: developing a solution for future designs

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