The Survey of Intervening Factors in the Formation of Rocky Architecture in Rural Area, the Case Study: Kandovan Village in East Azerbajan

Abstract

Rural architecture purpose is not only providing shelter for communities, but also representing powerful means of communication. Communication between human and natural environment, economic and social condition is the most important relationship in rural architecture. Vernacular architecture creates buildings that whose function arose from their attitude. The rock with natural element and minimal destruction by humans, have the highest point in terms of visual superior. Human attitude creates the world around them. But sometimes this attitude is affected by intervening forces in outdoor environment. In rocky architecture, in addition to cultural aspect, nature and geology of the region have important role in the formation of these types of settlements. In this research reviewing features and physical forms of rocky architecture, the reasons of establishment in Kandovan village were analyzed by descriptive-analytical methods and field survey. Results show that in the range of 1 to 6, habitats with average 23.5 and livelihood with average 3.5 are the most important factors in the formation of rocky architecture in Kandovan village respectively.

Keywords

• rural؛ rocky architecture؛ kandovan
• vernacular architecture