34 34 International Journal of Scientifc Study | June 2017 | Vol 5 | Issue 3 Comparative Study of Traditional and Contemporary Iranian Housing; Based on Iranian Culture Omid Heydaripour 1 *, Maede Alsadat Hesamizade 2 , Nafiseh Nasr Esfahani 2 1 Master of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran, 2 Lecturer of Faculty of Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Dolatabad Branch, Isfahan, Iran imitation of the architecture of other countries and ignoring this fact that any use of non-Iranian models shall be made by comparing these models with culture and living style and social structures.Roots of the principles governing the traditional architecture can be found in Iranian thoughts and culture. Any building which is constructed aims at fulfllment of some living needs. In this article, house is studied as the most frequent man- made thing during history. House is not only a shelter and the human being doesn’t only liveunder a ceiling and on some sq meters. Residence indicates meaningful link with the place which can include each one of different levels of private and general life environment. This link is an effort to fnd identity and to have attachment feeling toward a place while our modern houses couldn’t have fulflled the most primary needs of residence i.e. tranquility and physical relaxation and generally inspired quality expectations. Iranian house was a place to which the residents attached. These houses refected principles which were congruent with internal modesof the human being and its structure was suitable for temporal and hereafter INTRODUCTION “Housing Design” is the one ofthe most debatable subjects in the area of architecturewhich has occupied the mind of scholars in this area. This article investigates traditional and modern Iranian housing; based on Iranian Culture. Traditional Iranian architecture has manifested native- traditional models of the past history of Iran which have originated from individual and collective cultures of the people, who have been formed, have grown, have been manifested and have reached perfection. Study of Iranian contemporary architecture indicates that it has been changed with regard to its rich and meaningful history during the history. These changes are due to apparent Original Article Abstract One of the most important subjects of housing design is about relation of culture and Traditional and Modern architecture. Since the past,Iranian architecture has emphasized on the relation between building and user. Culture and religious beliefs haveconcerned the Iranian user to have a suitable dwelling. This effect of culture on architecture has caused the divisionof the house in order to create privacy.The hypothesis of the study revolves around the fact that the traditionalhouses identity can signifcantly contribute to physical and mental comfort of their residents.the present paper attempts to investigate traditional and modern housing to clarify theirdistinctions. This article tries to compare architectural plans of Iranian traditional houses with the contemporary houses by studying them and emphasizing on their space quality and richness to take effective step for inclusion of these forgottenconcepts in the single dimension spaces of the contemporary houses while introducing spatial concepts of these houses.The present study which applies a comparative-historical research approach, frstly, aims to considerthe structure of iranian culture in order to traditional and modern houses, and secondly to understand the difference ordistinction of these two with each other.To achieve this goal, this study has used survey method by distributing questionnaire. For this purpose target, architectsas the statistical community are studied in2 groups and 20 persons. In this questionnaire, qualities of iranian traditional and contemporary housing were asked. Based on results of questionnaires, 6 main qualities of iranian traditional housing were distinct and this elements were studied in iranian contemporary housing too. Key words: Traditional houses, Modern houses, Iranian culture, Iranian architecture Access this article online www.ijss-sn.com Month of Submission : 03-2017 Month of Peer Review : 04-2017 Month of Acceptance : 05-2017 Month of Publishing : 06-2017 Corresponding Author: Omid Heydaripour, Master of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran. E-mail: Ambiiid@yahoo.com Print ISSN: 2321-6379 Online ISSN: 2321-595X DOI: 10.17354/ijssJuneI/2017/06