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The Influence of the Land on the Form and Plan of Buildings in the Old Buildings of the Hajij Village

https://doi.org/10.22034/manzar.2024.460158.2290
Volume 16, Issue 69
Winter 2025
Pages 38-49
MANZAR, the Scientific Journal of landscape

Document Type : Original Research Article

Authors

Masoud Rezaee 1
Karen Fatahi 2
Saeed Moradi 3
Behzad Vasiq 4

1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Architecture, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Ilam Branch Islamic, Islamic Azad University,Ilam, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Jondishapoor University, Dezful, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor,, Faculty of Architecture,, Jondishapoor University, Dezful, Iran.

Abstract
Statement of the Problem: In the last two decades, with the transformations aligned with rural modernization programs within the framework of development plans, much of the valuable textures have been destroyed, and the appearance of villages has increasingly resembled that of cities. Among these, the village of Hajij in Paveh County, with its stepped landscape, possesses diverse and valuable examples of vernacular housing patterns. However, its transformation into a tourist village and the construction of new buildings have led to a structure that is in stark contrast to local architecture, suggesting that the overall shape of the village will change in the coming years.
Understanding and preserving the methods and approaches to building construction that are either in opposition to or in harmony with nature in the vernacular and stepped architecture of Hajij is essential for this study. The findings could influence the design and construction of new buildings in the village. Therefore, this study aims to provide answers regarding the relationship between architecture and nature, as well as to identify the influence of topography in shaping the forms of residential buildings in Hajij.
This study was conducted through library studies and field surveys, employing a descriptive-analytical method.
The results indicated that the form of the mountain (the way it extends from the foothills to the peak), the slope, and the soil composition at the construction site have led to the formation of three types of buildings in terms of their placement on the mountain slope and their relationship with the land in this village, which laid the groundwork for the development of stepped architecture. Thus, the influence of nature on architecture can be considered a distinctive feature of the vernacular architecture of this region.

Keywords

Stepped Architecture
Hajij
Vernacular Architecture
Topography
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