The necessity of recognizing the relationship between nature and man-made environment design ideas in modern architecture education

Mehrpoor Galeshkalami, Mehrnaz; Mohammad Por, Kivan; Gholampour, Saeed

doi:10.22034/ats.2024.725569

The necessity of recognizing the relationship between nature and man-made environment design ideas in modern architecture education

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mehrnaz Mehrpoor Galeshkalami ¹ ^¶

Kivan Mohammad por ²

saeed gholampour ³

¹ Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran.

² Master’s graduate, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.

³ Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/ats.2024.725569

Abstract

The present article emphasizes the need to pay attention to the environmental dimensions and especially the natural substrate in architectural and urban planning projects. Comprehensive attention to nature is necessary in all cultural and climatic dimensions of architecture. Relying on the knowledge of technology, modern man has no qualms about changing and destroying nature, and a review of recent experiences shows the destruction of natural resources by implementing some plans on different scales. Of course, the advancement of technology does not necessarily conflict with the natural mechanism and sometimes it also takes steps to strengthen the relationship with the natural environment. This is despite the fact that the ancients paid more attention to nature and their hand-made works were made with much higher harmony than nature. Based on field observations and citing library sources and document analysis, this research seeks to prove the hypothesis that modern architectural knowledge should also give more importance to the adaptation of design to nature and take steps to strengthen human interaction with nature as much as possible. Undoubtedly, understanding this issue with practical training and workshops based on environmental knowledge can provide better conditions for sustainable development. The aim of this training will be to gain scientific knowledge about the resources of the natural environment, moral principles, values and skills in line with sustainable development.

Keywords

Nature

architecture education

design art

modern architecture

Subjects

Climate-based Architecture / Energy-efficient Architecture

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