The Structure of Language in Vernacular Architecture

The creation of a work in architecture can be compared with grammar considering the structure and constituent elements of the speech language including the phoneme, notion and its disciplinary principles. Syntagmatic and paradigmatic are considered as two fundamental principles of the speech by providing several signification messages to form daily conversation and to create a work or offer a mot message by various innovation. The creation of a work can be found in two different structure including form and pattern language. Form language includes visual elements which organize the form of a work while pattern language constitutes the signification to order visual elements toward designer’s thought. The present study considers the natural structural language and its components and then compares the findings with pattern language according to various structures to form a vernacular architecture for a house including form language and pattern language. Form language considers how to make a work and its components due to differences in environmental conditions and pattern language represents the codes of message subject to values, goals, customs and tradition of society that are altered based on the presence of human beings in space and his thoughtful manipulation in nature

Designing nursing homes using sense of attachment to place approach

Aging refers to a normal, natural and changing process that causes inabilities and specific needs in the elderly. Many of the elderly believe that environmental factors contribute to these problems. One of the most significant indicators that link humans with the environment is the sense of attachment to a place that has a determining role in the direction of the human’s continued presence in the place. In this regard, considering the selected approach, theories of the sense of attachment to place and factors creating it in traditional houses were examined. Then, domestic and foreign cases based on the approach were investigated. In the end, after presenting to nursing homes, distributing the questionnaires via random blocking of the city of Tehran, and distributing and gathering 120 questionnaires, the results were analyzed by the SPSS software. Later, the Ozgol region of Tehran was referred to, and the appropriate site to construct the nursing home was selected, considering matrices and assessments for the site location. Finally, a review of guidelines and standards set out by the Ministry of Health and Rehabilitation Organization led to the determination of per capita and design standards required for the elderly.&nbsp